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Smoke Pollution Linked to Increase in Hospitalizations in Older Adults

By Julia Bonavitacola

April 30th 2025

Respiratory diseases made up the hospitalizations in older adults after they were exposed to wildfire smoke.

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Health Gains From US Smoking Decline Fall Short of Expectations

By Maggie L. Shaw

April 28th 2025

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Nerandomilast Improves Lung Function in Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis: FIBRONEER-ILD

By Rose McNulty

February 13th 2025

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Combination Influenza and COVID-19 Vaccine Candidates Granted Fast Track Designation

By Pearl Steinzor

December 16th 2024

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Ambient Toxins Linked to Disabilities in Minority Schoolchildren

By Maggie L. Shaw

December 10th 2024

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May 1st 2025

Managing Patients With COPD: Evidence-Based Care and Optimizing Value of New and Emerging Targeted Therapies

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November 29th 2017

Identifying the Most Prevalent and Costly Chronic Conditions in Medicaid

Laura Joszt, MA

High prevalence of chronic conditions has been a key driver of healthcare costs in the United States, and Medicaid beneficiaries tend to have higher rates of chronic diseases than people not on Medicaid.

November 21st 2017

Eosinophil Count in Sputum, Not Blood, Is Better Predictor of COPD Severity in Smokers

Christina Mattina

Data from a study of smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) indicate that the concentration of eosinophils in the sputum, rather than the blood, is a better predictor of COPD exacerbations and lung function.

November 14th 2017

Impact of Symptoms and COPD Severity on Health-Related Quality of Life

Laura Joszt, MA

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by persistent and progressive airflow limitation, and a new study examined the factors responsible for a high St George’s Respiratory Questionnaire for COPD based on severity of airflow limitation.

November 9th 2017

Long-Term Oxygen Therapy Can Improve Survival in Patients With Oxygen-Dependent COPD

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

A new study has shown that long-term oxygen therapy in patients with severe alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency can improve survival; however, their outcomes do not improve following lung-transplantation.

November 1st 2017

Study Finds a 47% Increased Risk of COPD Hospitalization Among RA Patients

Alison Rodriguez

Previous studies have revealed a potential connection between chronic inflammatory conditions and the predisposition of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and a new study has found that patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are associated with a greater risk of COPD hospitalization compared to the general population.

October 26th 2017

Study Investigates New COPD Categories With GOLD 2017

Alison Rodriguez

New high-risk groups of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease according to GOLD 2017 were found to have more characteristics related to acute exacerbation and mortality risks.

October 4th 2017

Study Links Anxiety and Depression Symptoms to COPD Patients and Caregivers

Alison Rodriguez

Patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and their caretakers may experience symptoms of anxiety and depression that could impact their mortality, quality of life, and healthcare use.

September 26th 2017

Chronic Respiratory Disease Death Toll Rising in Recent Decades

Christina Mattina

A new analysis finds that the mortality rate from chronic respiratory diseases has risen by almost 30% between 1980 and 2014 in the United States, and that data reflect significant differences in death rates across counties and regions.

August 1st 2017

Gastric Bypass Sharply Lowers Death Risk for People With Diabetes, Study Finds

Mary Caffrey

The reduced mortality risk was not seen in patients who did not have diabetes before surgery. But in those who did, the results were dramatic.

May 23rd 2017

Adding Home-Based Ventilation to COPD Therapy Can Prolong Time to Readmission, Death

Christina Mattina

A JAMA study has found that patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who received noninvasive ventilation in addition to home oxygen therapy went longer without being readmitted to the hospital or dying than those who received only home oxygen therapy.

March 17th 2017

Catching a Cold Poses Risk of Symptom Exacerbation in COPD Patients

Christina Mattina

For patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), catching a cold is often more than just an annoyance; their risk of experiencing COPD symptom exacerbation rises 30-fold when they exhibit signs of a cold.

February 18th 2017

New Collaboration to Promote Discovery of Innovative Respiratory Therapies

Christina Mattina

Weill Cornell Medicine and Boehringer Ingelheim have announced a collaboration that will investigate novel approaches to treating chronic respiratory disease.

January 9th 2014

Smoking and Health at 50: A Public Health Milestone

EBRC takes a special look at Smoking and Health, the 1964 report to the Surgeon General that forever changed how this country thought about cigarettes, on the eve of its 50th anniversary.

October 11th 2013

Express Scripts Stops Covering Key Big Pharma Drugs on Clinical, Cost-Effectiveness Grounds

A few weeks ago, Novo Nordisk ($NVO) said it had lost Express Scripts' business on two of its top drugs, Victoza and NovoLog. Well, that was just part of the action at the pharmacy benefits manager.

June 26th 2013

Climate Change Bill Gives Hope to Help Asthma, Other Ills

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