COPD News

• WCLC 2020 Screening for Lung Cancer in Never-Smokers 'Feasible' Screening for lung cancer with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) has so far been targeted to smokers, but screening of never-smokers is "feasible," say researchers.
  Medscape Medical News, February 02, 2021
• New COPD Mortality Risk Model Includes Imaging-Derived Variables All-cause mortality in patients with COPD over 10 years of follow-up was accurately predicted by a newly developed model based on a point system incorporating imaging-derived variables.
  Medscape Medical News, January 28, 2021
• Mental Illness Tied to High Risk of Physical Disease, Death Mental illness in young individuals is associated with a strikingly high risk of subsequent physical illness, disability, and premature mortality, results of a large longitudinal study show.
  Medscape Medical News, January 20, 2021
• Asthma-COPD Overlap: Patients Have High Disease Burden Patients with asthma–chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap (ACO) experienced a higher burden of disease than patients with either asthma or COPD alone, a recent study has found.
  Medscape Medical News, January 15, 2021
• Independent NPs: What's the Evidence? As more states change scope-of-practice laws to allow nurse practitioners to practice independently, what does the evidence on health outcomes show?
  Medscape Medical News, January 11, 2021
• Screen COPD Patients With Worsening Lung Function for Pulmonary Embolism? About 6% of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who are admitted to the hospital with worsening respiratory symptoms will have pulmonary embolism, new research from France suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, January 05, 2021
• COVID Disrupts Lung Cancer Screens: One Center's Account The pandemic has again disrupted cancer care, this time a lung cancer screening program in which fewer patients were screened and more advanced nodules were found among those who were screened during the crisis.
  Medscape Medical News, December 23, 2020
• Novartis Receives FDA Complete Response Letter on Inclisiran The FDA was unable to approve the new drug application for inclisiran, a novel treatment to lower LDL cholesterol, owing to unresolved facility inspection concerns, the company said.
  News Alerts, December 21, 2020
• Unhealthy Fathers-to-be Could Raise the Risk of Pregnancy Loss The risk of pregnancy loss may be greater when prospective fathers have chronic conditions, such as obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure or high cholesterol, a new study finds.
  Reuters Health Information, December 18, 2020
• SARS-CoV-2-Exposed Donor Lungs Transplanted Successfully A team from Belgium has reported a successful double-lung transplant from a donor previously infected with SARS-CoV-2.
  Reuters Health Information, December 11, 2020
• Possible Warning Clinicians Can Miss Before an HF Admission It may be common not to heed the signal, but that's a missed opportunity to arrive at a heart failure diagnosis that might otherwise be made only after the patient is admitted, a study suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, December 03, 2020
• CMS Launches Hospital-at-Home Program to Free Up Hospital Capacity The agency's move is likely to prompt more hospitals to start similar initiatives and persuade more private insurers to cover hospital-at-home care.
  Medscape Medical News, November 30, 2020
• Alert Xofluza Can Now Be Used for Postexposure Flu Prophylaxis The antiviral baloxavir marboxil, previously available only in tablet form, is also now available as granules for mixing in water.
  FDA Approvals, November 25, 2020
• Liquid Oxygen Recommended for Mobile Patients With Lung Disease A new guideline pushes for a change to reimbursements for portable oxygen systems.
  Medscape Medical News, November 23, 2020
• IDWeek 2020 Metapneumovirus Infections Indistinguishable From Flu, RSV The all-consuming news about SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 has overshadowed other viral pathogens that are the cause of severe or fatal lower respiratory infections (LRI), including human metapneumovirus.
  Medscape Medical News, November 19, 2020
• Doctors Aren't Always Taught to Spot Racism in Health Care To identify racism's roots and its effects in the health system, they say, fundamental changes must be made in medical school curriculums.
  Kaiser Health News, November 17, 2020
• ACAAI 2020 Atopic Disease Does Not Increase Risk for Severe COVID-19 Asthma and allergy are not risk factors for severe COVID-19 disease, new research reveals.
  Medscape Medical News, November 14, 2020
• AHA 2020 Don't Miss Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Transgender Patients Cardiovascular disease risk is elevated among transgender individuals seeking gender-affirming hormone therapy, according to a retrospective study in 427 patients.
  Medscape Medical News, November 13, 2020
• Nearly 10% of Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19 Readmitted Patients are more likely to return to hospitals where they were treated for COVID-19 if they are older or have chronic diseases.
  Medscape Medical News, November 11, 2020
• Patients With Mental Illness a Priority for COVID Vaccine Patients with severe mental illness are at increased risk for severe illness and death from COVID-19 and therefore should make the vaccine priority list, experts argue.
  Medscape Medical News, November 11, 2020