RSV vaccines for older adults and monoclonal antibody treatments for children may lessen RSV-related morbidity and mortality in the 2023-2024 season.

All articles by Tori Rodriguez, MA, LPC, AHC
Digital therapeutics (DTx) for asthma can improve patient adherence, lower treatment burden, and offer valuable data for guiding clinicians’ treatment decisions.
Research presented at AACR 2023 highlighted a potential new standard of care for NSCLC and other novel treatments for NSCLC and ES-SCLC.
Sexual dysfunction may be common in cancer patients and survivors, but their sexual health is often overlooked.
A toolkit developed by pulmonologists and PCPs targets delayed diagnosis in interstitial lung disease, which can result in irreversible loss of lung function among patients.
Studies and anecdotal reports suggest patient portals can be both beneficial and detrimental for oncology patients and providers.
Methods to prevent and treat COVID-19 in cancer patients have had to evolve alongside the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
An ACAAI expert panel issued recommendations for eliminating racial disparities in the treatment of atopic dermatitis and food allergies in children with skin of color.
Aggregated data can hide disparities in cancer incidence and outcomes among Asian and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander patients in the US.
Robyn Tiger, MD, radiologist and founder of StressFreeMD, talks about physician burnout and strategies for addressing stress-related illness.
Do digital COPD self-management technologies benefit patients? Efficacy evidence is scant, but this may change with new technologies and better research.
The polio strain linked to 2 paralytic polio cases in New York and Israel has been found in sewage water in New York City, London, and Jerusalem.
In addition to worsening asthma, other respiratory disorders, and heart conditions, exposure to wildfire smoke can also compromise immunity in healthy individuals.
Although significant research has been done into the ongoing health and respiratory effects of the 9/11 World Trade Center attack, more studies are needed.
Consent forms could be improved by a patient-centric addendum highlighting key points, a study suggests.
Recent exposure to systemic treatment does not increase the risk of 30-day mortality in patients with thoracic cancers and COVID-19.
Long-term cumulative exposure to air pollution should be included in assessments of lung cancer risk, according to researchers.
Adding pembrolizumab to chemotherapy can improve survival in extensive-stage small cell lung cancer, a phase 3 study suggests.
Researchers found that 77% of patients had moderate to severe sexual dysfunction.
Adding nivolumab to neoadjuvant platinum-based chemotherapy can improve survival in patients with stage IIIA-B non-small cell lung cancer, new data suggest.
Sugemalimab consolidation improved progression-free survival, when compared with placebo, in patients with unresectable, stage III non-small cell lung cancer.
Research based on Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Patient Registry data highlight potential disparities in the diagnosis, prognosis, and management of PF and ILD.
The Tuskegee syphilis study, conducted over 40 years on Black men who were unaware of their illness, is an essential bioethics lesson, says pulmonologist Dr Martin J. Tobin.
Researchers are seeking to address the psychological impact of patients who have survived VTE.
Recent research shows that in women, hormonal and other changes occurring during their lifecycle affect their asthma incidence and response to treatment.
The overwhelming demands on health care resources in treating patients with COVID-19 and the heterogeneity in illness presentation highlights the need for strategies to predict which individuals are at risk for greater symptom severity.
Asthma exacerbations dropped during the pandemic; what can be learned from this occurrence that may help lower exacerbation rates in the future?
Electronic inhaler monitoring has shown promise for patients with asthma; is it an effective solution for persistent treatment nonadherence in COPD?
Only 3% of medical oncologists in the United States are Black.
Pneumonia prevention interventions such as proper oral care, head-of-bed elevation, and incentive spirometry, are not being provided to most patients outside the ICU, leading to greater than two-thirds of hospital-acquired pneumonia.
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