Exploring Trends in Botanical Dietary Supplement Use Among Adults With COPD
Botanical dietary supplement use appears to be associated with a lower likelihood of all-cause...
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BMI Affects Outcomes in Women With Asthma
BMI extremes increased the risk for adverse perinatal outcomes among women with asthma, highlighting the importance of BMI during pre-conception and pregnancy-related management of these patients, according to a study published...
Read MoreBiologic Therapies Available for Pediatric Asthma, Skin Allergies
According to a clinical report published in Pediatrics, there are currently multiple biologics available to treat moderate-to-severe persistent asthma in children and adults. The anti-immunoglobulin (IgE) agent omalizumab is...
Read MoreOur Patients Are Using More Supplements: Here’s How We Can Guide Them
A survey by The Harris Poll shows that since the pandemic, nearly three in 10 Americans have initiated or increased their use of supplements, bringing the percentage of daily supplement users to more than 75% of adults. The poll...
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What Financial Relief Options Are Available to Struggling Practices?
Physicians have averaged a 32% drop in revenue since February 2020, and the average number of...
Read MoreUnderstanding the Recent Supreme Court ACA Decision
We spoke with Dr. MedLaw to discuss the recent 7:2 decision that the Supreme Court issued in its third holding on the Affordable Care Act (ACA). What was the history of this case? In 2017, the individual mandate penalty was re-...
Read MorePW PODCAST: The Evolution of CME
During a recent PW Podcast, Rachel Giles, MD, from Medicom Medical Publishers, spoke with Graham McMahon, MD, MMSc, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)...
Read MoreOverweight Children With Asthma Have Poorer Treatment Response
There is a markedly increased risk for poor response to inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) among children with asthma and a high BMI, according to a study presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress 2021....
Read MoreInhaled Nitric Oxide Aids Ventilatory Efficiency & Exercise Capacity in Mild COPD
“ Patients with mild COPD frequently present with chronic dyspnea and poor exercise capacity, often to a greater extent than would be expected based on their resting lung function values,” explains Michael K. Stickland, PhD....
Read MoreAssessing the Link Between Ambient Air Pollution & COPD Incidence
Air pollution is becoming an important environmental threat to human health. Owing to many regulatory efforts to control air pollution, ambient air quality has been markedly improved during the last few decades, especially in in...
Read MoreOur Patients Are Using More Supplements: Here’s How We Can Guide Them
A survey by The Harris Poll shows that since the pandemic, nearly three in 10 Americans have initiated or increased their use of supplements, bringing the percentage of daily supplement users to more than 75% of adults. The poll...
Read MoreThe Talk: It’s Time to Move from Curative to Palliative Care
During the 2019 Liver Meeting, the Blue Faery Liver Cancer Assoc team had the opportunity to discuss hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) care approaches with many physicians, nurses, researchers, and patient advocates. Several...
Read MoreNighttime Asthma Symptoms Linked With Poorer Health Outcomes in Teens
Persistent nighttime asthma symptoms were associated with poorer functional health outcomes among teens, independent of daytime symptoms, according to a cross-sectional study published in the Journal of Asthma. Researchers found...
Read MoreOur Healthcare System May Be Failing, But It Isn’t Broken
I ’ve stood in front of conferences before and made my case: Our healthcare system is per- fect. “A perfect system? Ours?” I’ll hear people murmuring, “He’s a little bit crazy.” For decades, critics of the US healthcare system...
Read MoreVideo Evidence in Malpractice Cases
With the use of video on the rise in court cases, attor- neys are also more sophisticated about tapping into its influence. But the legal standards regarding rules of evidence about a video’s credibility and authenticity are...
Read MoreMetformin Use Linked With Lower Hazard of Asthma-Related ED Visits
Metformin use, independent of glycemic con- trol and obesity, was associated with lower hazard of asthma-related emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations, and thus, may benefit patients with asthma and glycemic...
Read MoreBlack & White Patients With Asthma Show Similar Gains With Omalizumab
Black and White patients with moderate-to- severe asthma experience similar improvements in exacerbations, forced expiratory volume (FEV1), and Asthma Quality of Life Question- naire (AQLQ) measures with omalizumab, according to...
Read MoreNIH Update Includes Four New Recommendations for Allergic Asthma
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently announced 19 recommendations for the diagnosis, management, and treatment of asthma in six key area, including four new recommendations targeting allergic asthma. The new...
Read MoreFamily History Doubles Asthma Risk for Preschoolers
Children with a family history of asthma have more than two-fold higher rates of asthma through age 4, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics. Researchers used data from the Environmental Influences on Child Health...
Read MoreAsthma Flares Down In Blacks, Hispanics During Pandemic
There was a substantial decrease in asthma ex- acerbations among Black and Hispanic patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice....
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