Pulmonology

Patients who skip their follow up appointments with their pulmonologists after being hospitalized with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are three times more likely to be readmitted to the hospital.

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may benefit from the traditional Chinese exercises known as liuzijue qigong (LQG).

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients face risk factors related to falling such as comorbidities, smoking, history and/ or fear of falling, and number of medications.

Researchers report that the implementation of a Smoke-Free Air law in Michigan was associated with a reduction in adult asthma hospitalization rates. The study also looked at racial disparities in hospitalization for asthma.

Giving extremely preterm infants inhaled budesonide may lower the risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia, but may also increase the risk of mortality.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) risks may already occur in adolescence, according to findings published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Part of an ongoing series that takes a high-level look at the positions of the leading nominees for President when it comes to political issues potentially impacting physicians, this installment focuses on Donald Trump.

Part of an ongoing series that takes a high-level look at the positions of the leading nominees for President when it comes to political issues potentially impacting physicians, this installment focuses on Jeb Bush.

A new treatment option for deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) was recently introduced, but it looks like old habits die hard when it comes to prescriptions.

Depression appears to be a risk factor for patients who have both that condition and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. These patients are more likely to be readmitted to a hospital with acute episodes of COPD, Alabama researchers report.

With the amount of information we are hit with day in and day out, our minds need a way of quickly triaging it. This is what stereotyping does. But let's not confuse stereotyping with prejudice. The latter is negative and the former doesn't have to be.

A new prospective study supports retrospective analyses that link central sleep apnea and Cheyne Stokes respiration with the onset of atrial fibrillation in older men, particularly those age 75 years and older.

Cystic fibrosis patients who lose pancreatic function are failing to avail themselves of operations that could replace their damaged organs and restore their ability to digest food and manage blood sugar.

Using MRI and CT scans can provide insight into better and more appropriate treatments for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Tuberculosis is still with us. In a journal article, researchers reviewed the status of treatment and challenges remaining.

Computed tomography may be a better tool for diagnosing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and the frequent comorbidity pulmonary hypertension than the conventional method of using pulmonary function tests, Chinese researchers report.

With soldiers, sailors, and airmen deploying overseas their physical condition when they come back can be vastly different from when they first left. Finding the best ways to treat these patients has been the focus of recent studies on this topic.

Conditions like asthma and seasonal allergies can start when a patient is very young and stay with them throughout the course of their lives. As a result careful monitoring and treatment can greatly help improve the quality of life for those patients.

Many pulmonologists when treating a patient could focus their attention either on asthma or COPD. However, a growingly common patient pool is emerging with symptoms resulting from a combination of the two difficult conditions.

Researchers have revealed the discovery of a new gene that allows bacteria to become resistant to colistin, considered the "last line of defense" to antibiotic resistance.

I'm always fascinated by the Medscape physician reports every year and seeing how unhappy physicians are. How burnt out they are. How dissatisfied with their careers they are.

It is generally well-understood that smoking cigarettes exacerbates symptoms of psoriasis. But recent study results clarify and strengthen the link between smoking and the development of psoriatic lesions.

New research indicates that short endoscopic secretin tests can accurately differentiate cystic fibrosis patients with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency from those who retain exocrine pancreatic function.

For patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), using a frame with wheels, handlebars, and a built-in seat resulted in the longest distance walked and the most time spent walking, according to a recent study.

When I first started seeing patients on my own, I would get annoyed when patients came in with printouts from WebMD, Health.com, or the dreaded Wikipedia.

Automatic external defibrillators are becoming more common throughout the country and the world helping to save countless lives. However with some devices not available at all times of the day there are questions about how they could be used more effectively

The Framingham Heart Study has been one of the most in depth studies in the field of cardiology and medicine as a whole. A recent portion of the study looked at the impact of carbon monoxide exhalation and its role in patient health.

Researchers try to determine the future of statins in treating asthma. The drugs show promise but pills might not be the best way to get them into the respiratory tract.

A transdermal tulobuterol patch may help patients with COPD exercise for longer at a relatively high intensity, Japanese researchers report.