Pulmonology
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Screen COPD patients for peripheral neuropathy
Polyneuropathy remains a common comorbidity among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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Airway structure in women leads to worse COPD outcomes
Worse COPD outcomes found for women for each unit change in wall thickness or lumen area.
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Stop smoking and reduce death risk from pneumonia?
Adults who quit smoking significantly reduced their risk for mortality from pneumonia.
Feature
‘Medical Methuselahs’: Treating the growing population of centenarians
Between 1980 and 2019, the share of American centenarians grew faster than the total population.
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Large study amplifies evidence of COVID vaccine safety in pregnancy
Researchers mined a comprehensive registry of births in Ontario to assess uncommon adverse outcomes such as stillbirth.
Opinion
Exercise limitations in COPD – not everyone needs more inhalers
Only one of three major COPD abnormalities responds to inhalers.
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Lung adverse effects in patients taking trastuzumab deruxtecan
Close monitoring and proactive management may reduce the risk of ILD.
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Guidelines: Convalescent plasma not recommended for most hospitalized with COVID
In their new guidelines, the Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies says convalescent plasma is most effective early after...
Feature
Trials data on COPD leave primary care docs in the dark
The kinds of patients in primary care may not completely mimic those in clinical trials.
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Cardiorespiratory fitness key to longevity for all?
Risk for all-cause death was four times greater for U.S. veterans with lowest vs. those with highest cardiorespiratory fitness levels, regardless...
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Tobramycin tames infection in bronchiectasis
Chronic P. aeruginosa infection remains a challenge for bronchiectasis patients, and treatment options are limited.