Dual Bronchodilators No Help for Symptomatic Smokers With Preserved Lung Function RETHINC highlights why clinicians cannot keep giving these patients COPD meds, researcher says Sep 04, 2022
Global COPD Burden; Driving Restrictions After Fainting? Also in TTHealthWatch: best meds for insomnia and the effect of calorie labels in supermarkets Aug 06, 2022 podcast
Smaller Airways Set the Stage for Worse COPD Outcomes in Women CT scans confirm women have smaller airways, even among never-smokers Aug 02, 2022
Make the Diagnosis: Several Possible Culprits… A 52-year-old man presented to the ED appearing ill and with complaints of cough, dyspnea, pleuritic chest pain, and fever. Jul 28, 2022
Make the Diagnosis: Painful Limping and Decreased ROM—Why? A 72-year-old man presented to the doctor with complaints of hip pain and groin pain affecting his left lower extremities that gradually began over the last couple of months. May 24, 2022
Five Core Principles to Empower Our Patients Even through virtual care, promoting self-efficacy can lead to lasting behavior change May 20, 2022
For Young Adults, Fewer Burgers May Mean Healthier Lungs Later On "Healthy diet" in youth tied to lower mid-life emphysema risk May 20, 2022
Triple Therapy for COPD: One Drug Too Many, Too Often? Dropping the inhaled steroid seems to help many patients in real-world study May 19, 2022
Here's What Happened to Asthma, COPD Admissions After a Big Polluter Shut Down Correlation bolsters evidence that environmental air quality can be modified to good effect May 18, 2022
ECMO for COVID; Heart Attack Treatment in High-Income Countries; Screen for COPD? Also in TTHealthWatch: Excess mortality from external causes during the pandemic May 14, 2022 podcast
Military Exposure to Burn Pits Under Scrutiny Wearable technology, better registries, "compassionate common sense" urged over denials of harm Mar 17, 2022
First Generic OK'd for Popular Asthma, COPD Inhaler FDA approves Mylan's Symbicort copy, reflecting agency's commitment to "increase competition" Mar 15, 2022
Obesity May Pose Breathing Threat for Women Higher BMI linked to COPD, asthma for women during midlife Feb 23, 2022
On-the-Job Pesticide Exposure Increases Risk of COPD Large U.K. study shows risk even among never-smokers and those without asthma Jan 25, 2022
Efforts Needed to De-Escalate Use of Inhaled Corticosteroids in COPD Clinicians are not always following the guidelines Dec 06, 2021
Ho-Hum Oral Presentations on COPD Turn Into Fascinating Roundtable Here's why online meetings can be great Oct 22, 2021
How Many Deaths Will New Cigarette Warnings Prevent? Modeling study comes up with big numbers Sep 24, 2021
Another Ivermectin Flop; 'Instant' Lung Cancer Decision Tool; Triple COPD Tx & Death Highlights from the European Respiratory Society virtual meeting Sep 08, 2021
Targeting Bacteria in COPD Shows Promise Great potential seen despite mixed results in two new trials Sep 06, 2021
Feeling Better in COPD: Simple Solution? No fancy high-tech drug needed, studies suggest Sep 05, 2021
'Hot Enough for You?' It's No Joke for COPD Patients Increased risk of exacerbations with hot weather, study finds Sep 03, 2021
Health Risks Linked to Air Pollution at Levels Below WHO Targets Hazy air days often followed by uptick in cardiovascular, respiratory deaths Mar 24, 2021
Asthma Patients Get Reassurance on COVID-19 Research review finds no firm evidence of increased risk for severe illness, death Jan 28, 2021
Voice-Based Screening Predicts Lung Function Technique may prove useful for monitoring chronic respiratory disease Oct 23, 2020
Marijuana Use Linked to Lower Hospital Mortality in COPD Patients Users also had less pneumonia Oct 21, 2020
Mask Mandate Exemptions Put Pulmonary Patients at Risk Exemptions aren't evidence based, respiratory group says Oct 02, 2020
Opioids May Help COPD Patients With Severe Breathlessness Low-dose, sustained-release morphine improved health status in study Aug 17, 2020
COPD Triple Therapy: Balancing Benefits and Harms Signal of mortality benefit grows stronger Jul 31, 2020
Unfortunately, Ex-Smokers Still Face Increased Health Risks CDC study ties COPD, chronic illness to duration of previous smoking in older people Jul 22, 2020
Triple Treatment Reduces COPD Exacerbations Also a suggestion of reduced mortality with one dose level, large multicenter ETHOS trial finds Jun 25, 2020
Oscillating Vest Keeps COPD Patients Out of Hospital Exacerbations reduced with technology initially designed for use in CF Oct 23, 2019
Benralizumab: A Second Chance in Patients With COPD? Findings are hypothesis-generating but "invaluable," one researcher says Sep 30, 2019
Low-Dose Azithromycin May Improve COPD Exacerbation Outcomes But larger studies are needed to confirm efficacy, safety May 03, 2019
COPD Tied to Higher MI Risk in HIV-Positive People Higher risk seen for supply-demand mismatch as with sepsis, though mechanisms of association unclear Mar 06, 2019
Daily Aspirin May Reduce COPD Exacerbations Treatment also appeared to improve shortness of breath Dec 28, 2018
Morning Break: Fork in Drug-Price Road; Forced Colon Exam; Series of 'Fortunate' Events Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by the MedPage Today staff Dec 21, 2018
Severe COPD, Heart Failure a Bad Combo Symptoms of undertreated HF are too often confused with COPD Dec 14, 2018
ATS Panel: U.S. Home Oxygen Delivery System Broken CMS competitive bidding for durable medical equipment to blame, experts say Dec 13, 2018
