COPD News

• Treating the Growing Population of Centenarians Less can be more in caring for the post-100 set.
  Medscape Medical News, August 16, 2022
• Trials Data on COPD Leave Primary Care Docs in the Dark Flare-ups and breathing difficulties were common among patients seen at primary care practices, suggesting a need for better evidence to guide treatment for the condition, a new analysis found.
  Medscape Medical News, August 08, 2022
• Increasing Data Link ME/CFS, Long COVID, and Dysautonomia Speakers at a recent scientific ME/CFS conference reported new data linking the three conditions. New ICD-10 codes will help clinicians document them.
  Medscape Medical News, August 05, 2022
• Treatments Explored to Ease ME/CFS and Long COVID Symptoms Most are already commercially available for other indications.
  Medscape Medical News, August 05, 2022
• 1 In 8 COVID Patients Likely to Develop Long COVID: Large Study Breathing difficulties, chest pain, tiredness, loss of taste and/or smell among the symptoms most likely to hang on.
  Medscape Medical News, August 04, 2022
• COVID-19 and IPF: Fundamental Similarities Found More than a third of COVID survivors may develop fibrotic abnormalities.
  Medscape Medical News, August 03, 2022
• Alert FDA Approves Topical PDE4-Inhibitor Roflumilast for Psoriasis A topical formulation of a PDE4 inhibitor approved for treating COPD has been approved for treatment of plaque psoriasis.
  FDA Approvals, July 29, 2022
• Hypertension Ups Risk for Severe COVID, Even in the Fully Vaxxed Vaccinated and boosted adults with high blood pressure were more than twice as likely to be hospitalized for COVID-19 than were those without hypertension.
  MDedge News, July 27, 2022
• Even Low Levels of Air Pollution Increase Risk of Death Health risks were found at air pollution levels that fall below current air quality standards, which could indicate the need to further reduce regulatory limits.
  Medscape Medical News, July 25, 2022
• Race-Specific Spirometry May Miss Emphysema Diagnoses An overreliance on spirometry to identify emphysema led to missed cases in Black men.
  MDedge News, July 22, 2022
• Probiotics Improve Physical Function in COPD Patients with COPD who received probiotics showed significant improvements in strength and functional capacity.
  Medscape Medical News, July 01, 2022
• Hospital Readmission Rates Tied to Adverse Effects in Pneumonia Though there is an association, a new study doesn't prove a causal connection between readmission rates and adverse events in patients treated for pneumonia.
  Medscape Medical News, June 29, 2022
• IL-6 Antibody Mitigates Mucus Hypersecretion in COPD Early results show promising new target for mucus reduction in COPD.
  Medscape Medical News, June 22, 2022
• Vaping Safety Views Shifted Following Lung Injury Reports A new study shows that 2019 reports of lung injuries among e-cigarette users shaped perceptions of safety and sent some users toward traditional cigarettes.
  Medscape Medical News, June 20, 2022
• Sleep, Not Smoke, the Key to COPD Exacerbations? Individuals who reported poor-quality sleep had a 25%-95% higher risk of COPD exacerbations.
  Medscape Medical News, June 16, 2022
• Fall-Related Mortality Rising Among Older Canadians The aging of the population does not entirely explain the increase in hospitalizations, emergency department visits, and fall-related deaths.
  Medscape Medical News, June 16, 2022
• Obesity and Lung Disease: Much More Than BMI The diverse effects of obesity on lung disease are increasingly being teased apart, with researchers honing in on the impact of metabolic dysfunction, circulating inflammatory factors, and other factors.
  Medscape Medical News, June 15, 2022
• ATS 2022 Race-Based Spirometry May Lead to Missed Diagnoses Adjusting for purported racial differences may lead to underdiagnosis and undertreatment of Black patients.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
• Tuberculosis: The Disease That Changed World History Scientific discoveries have greatly improved the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of TB. Yet efforts to eradicate the disease appear to have taken a step backward.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
• Antibiotic Prescribing Practice Varies Widely in Canada Specific feedback for primary care clinicians could reduce the use of avoidable antibiotics and the potential for the emergence of antimicrobial resistance.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022