Survey: Most Smokers Prefer Smoking to Vaping (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- E-cigarettes' potential as stop-smoking aid uncertain (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - May 12, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news

Bacterial Susceptibility May Explain Persistent COPD Inflammation (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Findings in mice suggest novel COPD treatment strategies (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - May 2, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news

Patients Won't Take Charge of Cutting Health Costs
(MedPage Today) -- Doctors need to take the lead, says Peter Ubel, MD (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - April 15, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news

Americans' Rx Drug Spending Tops $300 Billion
(MedPage Today) -- Slightly smaller increase than in 2014 (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - April 14, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news

Serum Eosinophils May Serve as COPD Biomarker (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Counts of 4% or greater might identify deleterious effect of ICS withdrawal (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - April 13, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news

NeuroBreak: Seeing LSD in the Brain; Advances in Neuroimmunology
(MedPage Today) -- News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - April 12, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news

First-Ever Esophageal Regeneration Reported in Human (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Patient recovered full esophageal function following procedure (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - April 11, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news

D.C. Week: Obama Sets Task Force to Ensure Access to Addiction Tx
(MedPage Today) -- FDA updates its labeling for medical abortion drug mifepristone (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - April 2, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news

Women With PCOS May Have Higher Asthma Rates
(MedPage Today) -- Inflammation could be the link between the conditions (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - April 2, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news

Smoking During Pregnancy Alters Fetal DNA (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Changes mirror those seen in adult smokers (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - March 31, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news

Lyrica Plus Speech Therapy May Help in Chronic Cough (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Benecial effects continued for at least 4 weeks after cessation of pregabalin (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - March 28, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news

Most Smokers With COPD Offered Cessation Help (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- But cessation treatments suggested less often to other smokers (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - March 25, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news

Multidrug TB Prophylaxis Not Needed in Advanced HIV (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Isoniazid alone has advantages over four-drug regimen (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - March 20, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news

Exercise Reduces COPD Death Risk (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Any amount of exercise is good, but more is better (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - March 20, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news

Cold Turkey Approach to Smoking Cessation Works Best (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Gradual quitters less likely to kick the habit in randomized trial (Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary)
Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - March 14, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news