Stem Cells as Tx for TB? (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Bone marrow stem cells were safe to give during treatment for multidrug- and extensively drug-resistant (MDR, XDR) tuberculosis and showed possible signs of boosting response rates, researchers found. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - January 9, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Drugs to Stop Smoking Better Given Together? (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Doubling up on tobacco cessation drugs helped smokers quit at first, but didn't significantly improve longer-term abstinence, a trial showed. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - January 7, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Lab Notes: Taking the U Out of SUDEP
(MedPage Today) -- At least some cases of sudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP) may have an explanation -- dysregulated autonomic tone followed by ventricular fibrillation. Also this week: berries against flu. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - December 13, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Flu Vaccine Pays Big Dividends, CDC Says
(MedPage Today) -- More than 6 million cases of the flu were prevented last influenza season because of vaccination, according to numbers released by the CDC as the current flu season begins to pick up. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - December 12, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Debate: Who Should Prescribe CPAP?
(MedPage Today) -- Should primary care physicians and other nonspecialists be able to prescribe sleep apnea treatment after home testing? Experts debated that issue this month in Chest. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - December 3, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Herpes Virus Tied to Pulmonary Fibrosis (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a fatal progressive lung disease, might be caused by herpesvirus saimiri, researchers reported. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - November 19, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Genotyping Lung Cancer Linked to Better Survival (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Genetic testing for personalized treatment of lung cancer was associated with improved survival, likely due to getting targeted kinase inhibitors to the right patients, a study showed. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - November 5, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
FDA: No Surprises Planned for E-Cigarette Regs
(MedPage Today) -- When the FDA finally issues its proposed regulations on electronic cigarettes, which may be as soon as the end of the month, what will they look like? Probably pretty familiar, experts said. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - October 28, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Trachea Implant Holding Up Over Long Term (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- The first tissue-engineered trachea implant has held up over 5 years without deterioration, immune reaction, or development of tumors, researchers reported. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - October 23, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Company Recalls Generic Albuterol
(MedPage Today) -- Nephron Pharmaceuticals has recalled 10 lots of albuterol for nebulizers because of possible problems with aseptic processing, according to a company release posted on the FDA website. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - October 18, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Sleep Empties the Brain's Dumpster (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Studies in mice indicate that sleep's critical function is to allow metabolic waste products to be cleared from the brain, which apparently cannot occur during waking hours, researchers said. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - October 18, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Genes Predict Lung Fibrosis Outcomes
(MedPage Today) -- Genetic markers in peripheral blood cells predicted death and lung transplantation in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a study showed. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - October 10, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Statin Flops in ICU Pneumonia (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Starting a statin along with antibiotics for ICU patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia didn't reduce the substantial mortality associated with the infection, a randomized trial showed. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - October 9, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
EU Goes Light on E-Cigarettes
(MedPage Today) -- Electronic cigarettes won't be tightly regulated as medical devices in Europe, lawmakers there decided, as the FDA also weighs how to deal with the increasingly popular nicotine-vapor devices. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - October 9, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Tonsillectomy No Sure Cure for OSA in Kids (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- About one toddler in five undergoing adenotonsillectomy as a therapy for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) still had significant symptoms afterward, a single-center records review showed. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - September 12, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
