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Following transplantation, recipients with a lung from a donor who had tobacco smoke exposure did not have higher mortality, according to results published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.However, these recipients did face a heightened risk for primary graft dysfunction (PGD), according to researchers.
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An offer to speak with a smoking cessation practitioner during a lung cancer screening appointment was accepted by a majority of current smokers, according to results published in European Respiratory Journal.“These results show the importance of having properly funded stop smoking support available to those people who smoke and attend for lung screening,” Rachael L. Murray, PhD,
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Despite significant decline in heart attacks since 2004, inequities in STEMI management and mortality by age, gender, income and race, speakers reported.Two studies, one evaluating trends in STEMI incidence and mortality by age and income and one evaluating gender and racial disparities in non-STEMI management, were presented at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions
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A new guideline on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy endorses the use of cardiac myosin inhibitors for certain patients with obstructive HCM and encourages exercise in all patients with HCM. The guideline, developed by the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association in collaboration with the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine, the Heart Rhythm Society, the Pediatric
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Following military deployment, veterans who served in Southwest Asia and Afghanistan had poorer lung function if they experienced more intense inhalation exposures, according to results published in Respiratory Medicine.Additionally, FEV1/FVC ratio fell annually at a significant rate among veterans with deployment-related distal lung disease, according to researchers.
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An offer to speak with a smoking cessation practitioner during a lung cancer screening appointment was accepted by a majority of current smokers, according to results published in European Respiratory Journal.“These results show the importance of having properly funded stop smoking support available to those people who smoke and attend for lung screening,” Rachael L. Murray, PhD,
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One thousand physicians, health care providers and industry members will gather in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in May for the Retina World Congress 2024 hosted in conjunction with Healio Live.
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Mashup Score: 1Low anti-TNF concentrations at week 14 linked to long-term loss of response in Crohn’s - 17 hour(s) ago
Approximately two-thirds of patients with Crohn’s disease who initially responded to anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy lost response by 3 years, with researchers suggesting that higher drug concentrations at induction may improve outcomes. “Anti-TNF treatment failure is common, with a quarter of patients having primary nonresponse and a third of initial responders losing
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SEATTLE — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ARVO meeting, Daniela Ferrara, MD, PhD, FASRS, discusses AI-based machine learning models to predict the visual acuity treatment response of Vabysmo.The data were from the phase 3 YOSEMITE and RHINE trials in which patients received Vabysmo (faricimab, Genentech) for the treatment of diabetic macular edema.
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Mashup Score: 0Faricimab achieves inactive disease in veteran population with AMD - 18 hour(s) ago
SEATTLE — Patients with age-related macular degeneration in a veteran population experienced an increase in inactive disease after treatment with faricimab, according to a poster presented here.
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Published in #AJRCCM: Following #transplantation, recipients with a #lung from a #donor who had tobacco #smoke exposure🚬 did not have higher mortality; however, they did face a heightened📈 risk for primary graft dysfunction (#PGD). Read more⬇️ https://t.co/McdyrBfjC9