With ARDS, Doctors Should Keep Ventilator-Induced Injury in Mind
Applying recommendations for mechanical ventilation in ARDS patients can result in lung injury
RA Associated With Higher Risk of COPD Hospitalization
Risk is 47 percent higher in RA patients than general population after adjustment for confounders
Promising Pneumonia Vaccine Under Development
Animal tests showed an immune response to 72 of the 90-plus known strains of S. pneumoniae
CMS Launches Initiative to Examine Impact of Regulations
Officials set to travel country gathering information on impact of their regulations on physicians
PFA-100-Measured Aspirin Resistance Linked to CV Events
Strong correlation between aspirin resistance, CV events at 5-year follow-up in aspirin-treated patients
Depressive Symptoms Increase During Internship Year
Significantly greater increase seen among women; sex disparity partly due to work-family conflict
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Mortality Down Since 1968
However, SLE mortality is still higher than non-SLE mortality; sex, racial, regional disparities exist
E-Cigarettes Alter Defense Proteins in Airway Secretions
Levels of innate defense proteins associated with COPD found to be elevated in e-cigarette users
More Than One in Five U.S. Working Adults Uses Tobacco
4.6 percent report current use of two or more products; highest use for construction workers
Incretin Tied to Better Outcomes in NOCS-Diabetes
Prognosis for T2DM patients with NSTEMI, coronary artery stenosis improves with incretin
