The risk for all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality was heightened when adults had arthritis plus comorbid COPD, according to data published in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: Journal of the COPD Foundation.“For clinicians, these findings underscore the importance of screening arthritis patients for COPD, especially given the heightened risk of mortality,” Chengfeng
Long-term smokers with and without mild to moderate COPD had raised nasal IL-26 levels, which were correlated to symptom/health impairment assessments, according to data published…
Ishwaria M. Subbiah, MD, MS, FASCO, is a third-generation health care professional and second-generation medical oncologist.“I don’t have a memory where taking care of patients…
The risk for all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality was heightened when adults had arthritis plus comorbid COPD, according to data published in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary…
I grew up in a conservative home. Not at all like what the word means today. We conserved.Dad grew a large vegetable garden from seeds,…
As the publisher of the journal CHEST, the American College of Chest Physicians respects and supports the editorial independence of the journal.
Rather than tumor size alone, the American Thyroid Association’s risk stratification system should be used when assessing papillary thyroid microcarcinomas, according to data published in…
Amid debates about proposed cuts to federal Medicaid spending, this brief analyzes key characteristics of children with special health care needs and explores how Medicaid…
SAN DIEGO — Anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty and reverse shoulder arthroplasty may yield similar outcomes in patients with rotator cuff intact glenohumeral osteoarthritis, according to…
This brief provides an overview of the most recent ACA case under review at the Supreme Court (Kennedy v. Braidwood Management) and discusses the implications…
A patient navigation program significantly improved the odds that people would get a colonoscopy after receiving an abnormal fecal immunochemical test result, according to a…
