Category: Pulmonary, Sleep and Other Medical News

FDA Launches Campaign Against Teenage Smokeless Tobacco Use Government health officials will team up with minor league baseball as part of a new $36 million

E-cigarette Use Continued to Rise Among Young US Teenagers About 5 percent of middle-school students reported using e-cigarettes in 2015, up from about 4 percent

USPSTF: COPD screening in asymptomatic adults offers no benefit Similar to 2008, the USPSTF did not find evidence that screening for COPD in asymptomatic persons

Antacids Don’t Improve Pulmonary Fibrosis Outcome The debate continues!!! In the newly published analysis, which included pooled data from the placebo groups of three pirfenidone

FDA approves Cinqair to treat severe asthma The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Cinqair (reslizumab) for use with other asthma medicines for the

Crash Risk Soars When Truck Drivers Don’t Treat Sleep Apnea The study was published online March 21 in the journal Sleep. “The most surprising result

Sleep Apnea Has a Negative Impact On Neurocognitive Function in Children There is significant deleterious impact of Seep Disordered Breathing, particularly of moderate to severe

Effect of CPAP on Glycemic Control in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Type 2 Diabetes Among patients with suboptimally controlled type 2 diabetes and

Flu Vaccine Nearly 60 Percent Effective 2015-2016 Season The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today reported preliminary overall influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) of 59

CDC Says Cigarette Smoking At An All-Time Low Among American Adults A new report from the Centers for Disease Control said Tuesday that “cigarette smoking