Sleep Apnea Linked to Kidney Disease (CME/CE)
BARCELONA (MedPage Today) -- Severe hypoxic events in obstructive sleep apnea might lead to kidney damage, though the sleep disorder appeared to be only a minor contributor overall, an observational study showed. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - September 12, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Lung Cancer Pattern Predicts Recurrence (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- For patients with early-stage lung adenocarcinomas, the histological pattern of the tumor predicts the risk of recurrence and might help guide surgical decisions, researchers reported. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - August 7, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Ventilation Method Cuts Postop Problems (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- A lung-protective method of ventilation improved outcomes for patients who had an intermediate-to-high risk of pulmonary complications before undergoing major abdominal surgery, a randomized trial showed. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - August 1, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Put Cigarettes in a Brown Paper Wrapper? (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Getting rid of branded cigarette packaging might make quitting easier for smokers, an Australian study suggested. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - July 23, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
FDA Rules on Six Tobacco Product Applications
(MedPage Today) -- SILVER SPRING, Md. -- For the first time, the FDA has exercised its recently granted authority to review new tobacco products, blocking the marketing of four while granting approval to two new cigarettes. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - June 25, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Trial Points to New Standard for Sarcoidosis Dx (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Ultrasound-guided intrathoracic nodal aspiration was superior to bronchoscopic biopsy for detecting noncaseating granulomas in patients with suspected pulmonary sarcoidosis, a randomized trial found. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - June 18, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
ASCO: Targeted Agent Has Slim NSCLC Benefit
CHICAGO (MedPage Today) -- The novel kinase inhibitor nintedanib may slightly delay relapse of non-small cell lung cancer when added to chemotherapy, with perhaps greater benefit in adenocarcinomas, the LUME-Lung 1 trial showed. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - June 4, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
ASCO: Agent May Be NSCLC 'Game Changer'
CHICAGO (MedPage Today) -- Patients with advanced, mutated non-small cell lung cancer had a 70% response rate to an investigational therapy, including tumors resistant to an agent that targets the mutation, results of a preliminary study showed. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - June 4, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
ARDS Survival Improved by Prone Position (CME/CE)
PHILADELPHIA (MedPage Today) -- Mortality in acute respiratory distress syndrome was cut in half in patients who had early and prolonged sessions of prone positioning, a multicenter randomized trial showed. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - May 20, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Simulator Helps Asthma Patients Breathe Easier (CME/CE)
PHILADELPHIA (MedPage Today) -- A 5-minute test with a simulator helps asthma patients learn how to correctly use their inhalers, nearly doubling the chance of being in therapeutic range at the next visit, researchers reported here. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - May 19, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Cystic Fibrosis: Charity and Industry Partner for Profit
(MedPage Today) -- When a disease-related charity becomes a venture capitalist, count the pharmaceutical industry among the winners, but the charity is not far behind as John Fauber explains in this Milwaukee Journal Sentinel/MedPage Today investigation. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - May 19, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
Cystic Fibrosis: Siblings Share the Patient Experience
(MedPage Today) -- Only 1,200 people in the U.S. have the specific genetic mutation that causes a rare form of cystic fibrosis -- two of them are a Wisconsin brother and sister, Charles and Paula Heup. The Heup siblings are taking Kalydeco to treat their disease. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - May 19, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
ASCO: Immune Therapy Wins Praise
CHICAGO (MedPage Today) -- A fifth of heavily pretreated patients with advanced cancers responded to a monoclonal antibody that blocks a tumor's ability to hide from the immune system, a preliminary clinical study showed. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - May 16, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
ASCO: More Radiation No Good in NSCLC
CHICAGO (MedPage Today) -- Boosting the dose of radiation therapy in stage III non-small cell lung cancer actually compromises outcomes and cuts survival, a randomized trial showed. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - May 15, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
ASCO: Fitness at 50 Linked to Less Cancer Risk
CHICAGO (MedPage Today) -- For middle-age men, good physical fitness reduces the risk of lung and colorectal cancer, a researcher said. (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - May 15, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
