Among adults in California, those who identified as multiracial had greater lifetime and current asthma prevalences vs. the monoracial populations they shared identities with, according to results published in JAMA Network Open.“To me, the biggest contribution of this study is the very detailed disaggregation of data within the multiracial population,” Tracy Lam-Hine, DrPH, MBA,
“This breathing looks periodic”. This observation will be made, in some form or another, by anyone who reads enough sleep studies from patients with obstructive…
Rationale: Lung ultrasonography (US) may be useful for the prognostication of acute lung disease. Objectives: To assess whether the lung US score is associated with…
Impaired alveolar epithelial regeneration in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (PF) or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is attributed to telomere dysfunction in type II alveolar…
A once-daily dose of ivarmacitinib reduced disease activity and improved function among patients with rheumatoid arthritis through 52 weeks, according to phase 3 trial results…
The CDC has awarded Weill Cornell Medicine a 5-year, $2.3 million grant to advance equitable access to care for young patients with breast cancer. The…
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is characterized by scarring, thickening of lung tissue, and persistent alveolar destruction. This is, in part, contributed by the apoptosis and…
This list of more than 300 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) covers the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance Marketplace (aka exchange), individual mandate, open enrollment, premiums…
Smoking before age 15 increases the risk of developing COPD later in life, regardless of factors like current smoking status and duration.
Point-of-care lung ultrasound (LUS) refers to the use of ultrasound to obtain clinically meaningful information at the bedside, as physicians are used to doing with…
