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American Thoracic Society (ATS) 2017 International Conference

May 19 - 24, 2017; Washington, DC

May 19 - 24, 2017 Washington, DC

ATS Physicians Depart From Conference to Rally on Capitol Hill Nearly 500 members of the American Thoracic Society joined the Lab Coats for Lungs rally in Washington with a message: budget cuts to science hurt patients.
Medscape Medical News, May 25, 2017
ATS Pneumonia Treatment Failure Rates High A study of more than 250,000 patients shows that antibiotic prescribing choices for community-acquired pneumonia are missing the mark.
Medscape Medical News, May 22, 2017

Conference News

ATS Physicians Depart From Conference to Rally on Capitol Hill
Medscape Medical News, May 25, 2017
ATS Macitentan Viable for Inoperable Pulmonary Hypertension
Medscape Medical News, May 24, 2017
ATS New Drug Eases Chronic Cough
Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2017

ATS Pneumonia Treatment Failure Rates High
Medscape Medical News, May 22, 2017
ATS Options Emerging for Pulmonary Hypertension, Chronic Cough
Medscape Medical News, May 15, 2017

Popular News From ATS 2016

Antibiotic Trial of Doxycycline Fails in COPD The role of antibiotics in COPD remains controversial, particularly for preventing future exacerbations in outpatients, and new results from a long-term randomized trial are adding to the debate.
Medscape Medical News, May 15, 2016
ACE Inhibitor Blunts Exercise Benefit in Pulmonary Rehab A second clinical trial assessing adjunct therapy with an ACE inhibitor for patients with COPD undergoing pulmonary rehabilitation confirmed the negative results of an earlier trial.
Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2016
Combination Therapy Improves Pulmonary Hypertension Outcomes Combination therapy reduces the risk of clinical worsening in idiopathic and connective-tissue-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension better than monotherapy, according to a new meta-analysis.
Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2016

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