Pneumonia News

• Air Pollution May Contribute to Severe COVID-19 Outcomes Patients with chronic exposure to common air pollutants, even when exposure levels are low, are at increased risk for hospitalization, admission to an ICU, and death after infection with SARS-CoV-2.
  Medscape Medical News, May 26, 2022
• DDW 2022 Videos May Not Increase Vaccinations in IBD Video messaging did not increase the percentage of people with IBD who got influenza vaccinations in a randomized trial.
  Medscape Medical News, May 25, 2022
• How PAs Can Avoid Malpractice: Go Back to Practice Basics A thorough medical history that focuses on diagnostics can help PAs steer clear of medical errors and their legal ramifications, a medico-legal consultant advises.
  Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2022
• Meet a Miracle: Man With Trisomy 13 to Celebrate 20th Birthday No one thought Lloyd Rochez would live past a couple of weeks, but this young man, diagnosed at birth with trisomy 13, has defied the odds and will turn 20 this summer.
  WebMD Health News, May 19, 2022
• Accused of Scientific Misconduct — And That Was Just the Beginning The Sept. 10, 2019 PBS article accompanying the Frontline documentary "Deadly Water" was topped by a provocative headline: "The EPA Says Flint's Water is Safe — Scientists Aren't So Sure."
  Retraction Watch, May 19, 2022
• Drug Stalls Lung Deterioration in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis An experimental treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis can stall the degradation of forced vital capacity both in patients who are undergoing therapy and among those who are not receiving antifibrotics, according to a phase 2 test of 147 volunteers.
  Reuters Health Information, May 16, 2022
• Tuberculosis: The Disease That Changed World History Scientific discoveries have greatly improved the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of TB. Yet efforts to eradicate the disease appear to have taken a step backward.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
• ATS 2022 ATS 2022: Restoration in the Aftermath of COVID-19 Lessons learned from the pandemic will be a central theme of this year's meeting, held live for the first time since 2019.
  Medscape Medical News, May 10, 2022
• Do Psychotropic Meds Raise or Lower COVID Risk? A new analysis suggests different psychotropic medications are associated with different risks of COVID-19 in patients with serious mental illness.
  Medscape Medical News, May 10, 2022
• COVID-19 Infection Has More Than 50 Long-Term Effects Dyspnea, muscle weakness, and cognitive and mood problems are among the long-term effects of COVID-19 infection. Aerobic exercise and strength training improve these symptoms.
  Medscape Medical News, May 06, 2022
• New HIV Care Guidelines From the European AIDS Clinical Society The revised 2021 European AIDS Clinical Society (EACS) Guidelines contain extensive updates, guidance on COVID-19 management, and offer a broader range of preferred choices than US guidelines.
  Medscape Medical News, May 05, 2022
• Total Resection for Glioblastoma Predicts Longer Survival Most notably, the team found that frailty had no effect on surgical outcomes. The study was published as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.
  First Look, April 27, 2022
• The Future of COVID Testing: Speed, Ease, and Easier Access Testing is one of the pillars of public health needed to control the spread of COVID. But if it is too difficult for most people to do, it doesn't get done. New methods may soon make it easier.
  Medscape Medical News, April 26, 2022
• Cheap, Older Drugs That May Treat COVID Never Get Out of the Lab
  Kaiser Health News, April 19, 2022
• PCR Tests Don't Predict Response to Antibiotics in Coughing Kids Clinicians are advised to resist the temptation to test for bacteria until the benefits are clear.
  Medscape Medical News, April 12, 2022
• Can Gram Stains Guide Antibiotics for Pneumonia in Critical Care? Use of Gram stains to select antibiotics for ventilator-associated pneumonia offers similar clinical outcomes as guideline-based broad-spectrum treatment, study reports.
  Medscape Medical News, April 08, 2022
• Pneumonia Shows Strong Connection to Chronic Otitis Media Chronic otitis media was significantly more likely among individuals with a history of pneumonia.
  Medscape Medical News, April 06, 2022
• About 19% of COVID-19 Headaches Become Chronic Age, female sex, headache intensity, pressure-like quality, the presence of photophobia or phonophobia, and worsening with physical activity were associated with persistent headache in a recent study.
  Medscape Medical News, April 06, 2022
• ACC 2022 Flu Vaccines Cut Seasonal Death in Patients With Heart Failure Annual influenza vaccines significantly cut death during serial flu seasons in patients with heart failure in the prospective, placebo-controlled IVVE trial.
  Medscape Medical News, April 05, 2022
• Lung Damage May Persist Long After COVID-19 Pneumonia Clears CT scans show that people who have recovered from COVID-19 pneumonia often have lingering damage to their lungs even a full year later, according to a new study.
  Reuters Health Information, April 04, 2022