Morning Break: More Docs on the Way; What Is Botulism? Lap Band Demise
(MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by the MedPage Today staff (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - May 26, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news

Ventilation Plus Home Oxygen Works After COPD Exacerbation (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Study looked at patients with persistent hypercapnia (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - May 21, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news

Add-On Nucala Does, and Doesn't, Reduce COPD Exacerbations
(MedPage Today) -- Significant benefit in METREX trial but not in METREO (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - May 11, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news

IVC Filters Still a Question Mark for Prevention in Trauma (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Trends in use don ' t match up with pulmonary embolism rates (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - May 10, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news

FDA Approves ALK-Targeted Drug for NSCLC
(MedPage Today) -- Brigatinib for disease that progressed on crizotinib (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - April 28, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news

ATS-NIH Address Chemical InhalationDisasters
(MedPage Today) -- Report calls for sustained post-9/11 funding for research (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - April 24, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news

Nearly 1 Billion People Still Smoke Every Day
(MedPage Today) -- Rates are down, but population growth means more people are smoking (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - April 7, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news

Flu Shot Cut Risk of Flu-Related Death Among Most Kids (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Vax effectiveness lower for kids with underlying medical conditions (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - April 3, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news

Make the Diagnosis: Sudden Rash and Scabbing
(MedPage Today) -- Case Findings: A 10-year-old boy living in New York City was brought to urgent care by his parents complaining of a scattered rash of smooth papules, an eschar, and a fever. The symptoms had all appeared over the last few days. His parents said they hoped to move soon out of living conditions that were not very good. Their apartment had a number of mice and insects that they couldn ' t get the landlord to get rid of. Can you diagnose the patient? (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - April 3, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news

Doctor Visit, or Why I Love My EHR
(MedPage Today) -- MyChart took the pain out of my ED visit (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - March 8, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news

' I Wish It Were Otherwise': Doc to Doc on End-of-Life Care
(MedPage Today) -- In-depth discussion with Ronald Epstein, MD (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - February 22, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news

Does Vitamin D Lower Respiratory Infection Risk? (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Meta-analysis authors say ' yes, ' but other experts are skeptical (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - February 16, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news

Network Modeling Could Optimize End-Stage Emphysema Tx
(MedPage Today) -- Model suggests similar outcomes with surgical, bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - February 10, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news

Study: HF Patients Should Get Their Flu Shots (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Preventing respiratory infection seen as especially helpful in vulnerable population (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - February 1, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news

Morning Break: Hep C Drug Risks? Drug Resistant Fungus; Dutch'Trump' Trump
(MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - January 25, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news