More Research Needed on Use of Premium Cigars, Report Finds These cigars seem less dangerous than cigarettes -- but it's only because of how they are smoked Mar 10, 2022
'Exceptional' ECMO Outcomes in COVID-19 Reflect Early Choices When not used for last-ditch salvage, high proportion survive and recover lung function Mar 10, 2022
Shorter Treatment for Nonsevere TB Succeeds in Kids Safe, less costly, and with similar efficacy, randomized trial in Africa and India finds Mar 09, 2022
Cancer May Heighten Odds of Guillain-Barre Syndrome Link strongest with hematologic malignancies as well as prostate, breast, and respiratory cancers Mar 03, 2022
E-Cig Use Tied to Higher Odds of Prediabetes As in regular cigarettes, nicotine may play a role, researcher says Mar 03, 2022
Mepolizumab Reduces Need for Oral Steroids in Severe Asthma Some adults on the IL-5 antibody were able to stop taking systemic steroids Mar 02, 2022
ARB-Cancer Link May Come Down to Cumulative Exposure Does a new paper resolve the conflicting safety data on the popular antihypertensives? Mar 02, 2022
Docs Debate Home Spirometry Is it ready for prime time or is it just a toy with possible serious consequences? Mar 02, 2022
Does One Mab Come Out on Top for Boosting Lung Function in Asthma? Dupilumab edges out other biologics, but differences were small in indirection comparison Mar 01, 2022
Mepolizumab Cuts Asthma Flare-Ups in Disadvantaged Kids Black and Hispanic children living in urban settings benefited from biologic therapy Mar 01, 2022
Many Severe Asthma Patients Achieve Remission on Biologics Year-long freedom from exacerbations without steroids reported in real-world study Feb 28, 2022
Tezepelumab Benefits Asthma Patients Year-Round Biologic consistently reduced the annualized asthma exacerbation rate Feb 28, 2022
Medical Approach May Work in Nasal Polyps With Asthma Omalizumab improves polyp symptom scores with low recurrence rate Feb 28, 2022
Glimpses of Hope for Lebrikizumab in Asthma Subgroup targeting may hold promise for biologic Feb 28, 2022
Dupilumab Continues to Show Promise in Eosinophilic Esophagitis Almost 60% of patients in LIBERTY EoE TREET study achieved remission Feb 27, 2022
Black, Latinx Adults With Asthma Benefit From Inhaled Glucocorticoid Add-On "Shovel-ready" intervention can help reduce disparities in asthma burden, researchers say Feb 26, 2022
Early Clinical Activity With CDK4/6 Inhibitor in Pretreated Mesothelioma Disease control in 54% of patients in first clinical evaluation of abemaciclib Feb 17, 2022
Fewer Pills Plus Shorter Time: New Way to Control Drug-Resistant TB? Randomized trial looks at three investigational regimens versus standard of care Feb 17, 2022
Novel Drug Shows Promise for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Challenge trial involving healthy adults showed superiority to placebo at multiple doses Feb 16, 2022
Long-Term Survival Benefit in NSCLC With Another Anti-PD-1/L1 Drug Significant improvements in OS, PFS with durvalumab after CRT for unresectable disease Feb 15, 2022
Can Switching Inhalers Reduce Your Carbon Footprint? DPIs and pMDIs both effective for asthma control, but only one may help the earth Feb 08, 2022
Study: Xofluza May Best Tamiflu in Reducing Family Spread Simulated model suggests 73% more transmission if index cases received oseltamivir Feb 03, 2022
'Impressive' Survival for COVID Patients Undergoing Lung Transplant Early registry data showed COVID cases accounted for 7% of lung transplants nationwide Jan 26, 2022
Two Antivirals No Better Than One for Severe Flu Randomized trial finds no difference when adding baloxavir to standard antivirals Jan 26, 2022
Smokers Reluctant to Quit Respond to Gamified Intervention Integrating nicotine replacement with "skills-building game" may boost long-term cessation Jan 25, 2022
What Caused RSV to Roar Back During COVID? Multinational study pinpoints the most important drivers of the seasonal illness Jan 19, 2022
20-Valent Pneumococcal Vax Adequate for Older Adults Newly updated CDC panel recommendations also support use Jan 05, 2022
Score One for Vapes in Smoking Cessation Spontaneous e-cigarette use may prompt smokers to consider quitting regular combustibles Dec 28, 2021
Myocarditis After COVID Vax; Cigar Sales in Convenience Stores Also in TTHealthWatch: autoimmune disease treatment, and anticoagulant therapy in Afib Dec 23, 2021 podcast
FDA OKs First-in-Class Biologic for Severe Asthma Tezspire is first biologic for this condition with no phenotype or biomarker limitations Dec 20, 2021
Beware Flu and COVID Vax Mix-Ups and Other Medication Errors Medication safety group previews new best practices for next year Dec 09, 2021
Efforts Needed to De-Escalate Use of Inhaled Corticosteroids in COPD Clinicians are not always following the guidelines Dec 06, 2021
Year in Review: Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine development for older adults continued apace, virus roared back in kids Dec 03, 2021
Bevacizumab Add-On No Help in Progressive EGFR-Mutant Lung Cancer Single-agent osimertinib prevails in progressive, T790M-positive NSCLC Dec 02, 2021
Make the Diagnosis: Fever and Flank Pain -- What’s Up? A 31-year-old man went to urgent care complaining of fever and chills lasting a few days, which he originally thought was the flu. Nov 30, 2021
Doctor Sues Hospital Over Ivermectin Ban Amid Journal Article Retraction Virginia hospital took issue with article co-authored by Paul Marik, MD Nov 17, 2021
Tumor Volume-Adapted RT Leads to Good Lung Cancer Control With Low Toxicity No recurrence at 1 year in 90% of cases with primary tumors, metastases, synchronous disease Nov 02, 2021