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Daily Aspirin May Curb COPD Exacerbations Daily aspirin use appears to reduce the risk of exacerbations and have other beneficial effects in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to an observational study.
Reuters Health Information, January 10, 2019
More Tobacco Retailers, Smoking-Related Illness in Poor Neighborhoods Much of the variation in smoking rates across American cities can be explained by the higher density of tobacco retailers in poor, nonwhite neighborhoods, a study of the 500 largest U.S. cities suggests.
Reuters Health Information, January 8, 2019

Palliative-care Patients Perform Worse on Tests of Driving Safety
Reuters Health Information, December 31, 2018
Alert FDA Approves First Digital Inhaler With Tracking App
FDA Approvals, December 24, 2018
Tool IDs Patients With COPD at Risk for Serious Outcomes
Medscape Medical News, December 11, 2018
Hypertonic-Saline Inhalation Boosts Lung Function in Infants With Cystic Fibrosis
Reuters Health Information, December 7, 2018

COPD Perspective

Baloxavir--The New, Single Oral-Dose Antiviral for Influenza It's the first new antiviral drug for influenza in almost two decades, but how does it differ from the antivirals we have now?
Medscape Internal Medicine, November 29, 2018
Poor Communication May Mean Missing Cancer As a medical student, discovering holes in the system can be frustrating. What happens when a lapse in communication means a missed diagnosis?
Medscape Med Students, October 31, 2018

Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing in Outpatient Settings
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), October 19, 2018
Asthma-COPD Overlap: Managing This Critical Disease
CHEST and Medscape, October 8, 2018
CHEST 2018
Medscape Pulmonary Medicine, September 27, 2018
A New Definition for Emphysema
Medscape Critical Care, September 27, 2018

Journals

Circulating Serotonin Levels in COPD Patients
BMC Pulmonary Medicine, January 14, 2019
Pirfenidone in RAS After Lung Transplantation
American Journal of Transplantation, January 10, 2019
QoL Deterioration in IPF Patients in the Last Years of Life
BMC Pulmonary Medicine, January 7, 2019
Practice Advisory: Management of AF After Cardiac Surgery
Anesthesia & Analgesia, January 2, 2019
Health Disparities Among American Indians/Alaska Natives: AZ
Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, December 26, 2018

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