ECMO Gets a Win in Severe COVID-19 High success rate seen at two Chicago centers counters early reports Aug 11, 2020
RLF-100: Hope or Hype for COVID-19 Patients? A synthetic human vasoactive intestinal peptide looks good now, but it's early Aug 10, 2020
Another ALK Drug Tops Crizotinib in First-Line NSCLC Ensartinib doubled PFS over older standard, with improved CNS activity Aug 08, 2020
COPD Triple Therapy: Balancing Benefits and Harms Signal of mortality benefit grows stronger Jul 31, 2020
How Did Sweden Flatten Its Curve Without a Lockdown? One expert credits a "good-enough strategy"; others worry that it won't last Jul 29, 2020
Artists Honor COVID-19 Frontline Healthcare Workers Portraits capture challenging times; syringe art injects hope and love Jul 23, 2020
Unfortunately, Ex-Smokers Still Face Increased Health Risks CDC study ties COPD, chronic illness to duration of previous smoking in older people Jul 22, 2020
COVID-Positive Doc: 'I Didn't Wear a Mask and I Regret It' Outdoor gathering leads to COVID spread among family members Jul 21, 2020
RECOVERY: Steroid Benefit in Severe COVID-19 Holds Up Sickest patients helped the most, drug already added to NIH guidelines Jul 17, 2020
CT Useless for COVID-19 Diagnosis, Study Affirms Even AI couldn't tell flu pneumonia from COVID in chest scans Jul 12, 2020
Broadway Star Loses COVID-19 Battle After fighting the virus for over three months, Nick Cordero passed away Jul 09, 2020
COVID-19 Lungs May Be More Likely to Leak Observational study suggests higher rate than in other causes of ARDS Jul 07, 2020
Heat-Not-Burn Cigarettes Win Coveted Marketing Claims FDA allows Marlboro Heatstick labels to boast "reduced exposure" though not "reduced risk" Jul 07, 2020
Sobering Data on Risks of Short-Term Oral Corticosteroids Short steroid bursts linked to serious adverse events within a month Jul 06, 2020
Novel Tx Shows Early Promise for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Improved pulmonary vascular resistance in phase II PULSAR study Jun 29, 2020
Inhaled Vasodilator Promising for Lung Disease With Pulmonary Hypertension "Highly significant" improvements in exercise capacity in phase 3 results Jun 26, 2020
DPP1 Inhibitor Promising in Non-CF Bronchiectasis Also being studied now in COVID patients Jun 26, 2020
Triple Treatment Reduces COPD Exacerbations Also a suggestion of reduced mortality with one dose level, large multicenter ETHOS trial finds Jun 25, 2020
What Does Asymptomatic COVID-19 Look Like Under the Surface? Many individuals show subclinical abnormalities as well as differences from symptomatic patients Jun 18, 2020
More Data Suggest Proning Helps COVID-19 Patients Observational data add to evidence of benefit in ARDS, though randomized trials still needed Jun 17, 2020
Finally: Common Drug Improves COVID-19 Survival in Trial "A ground-breaking development," according to preliminary data from an ongoing trial Jun 16, 2020
HCQ No Longer Approved Even a Little for COVID-19 Study after study showed no benefit, and now the FDA has had enough Jun 15, 2020
For Amy Grant, 'Every Heartbeat' Has New Significance Singer undergoes surgery for newly discovered congenital defect Jun 09, 2020
Don't Skip Opiates for ‘Air Hunger’ From COVID-19 Ventilation Other drugs don't cut it to ease the traumatic sensation, group argues Jun 05, 2020
COVID-19 Studies With Surgisphere Data Retracted Authors said they can no longer vouch for the data Jun 04, 2020
Hazy on Ground-Glass Opacities? Here's What They Are Frequent finding in COVID-19, but how disease-specific is it? May 29, 2020
HCQ Linked to Harm in Cancer Patients Combination with azithromycin associated with three-fold risk of mortality, registry study shows May 28, 2020
Paradigm Shift Coming for Early NSCLC? Postoperative osimertinib doubles DFS in patients with stages Ib-IIIa EGFR+ lung cancer May 28, 2020
Autopsies Turn Up Strange Feature of COVID-19 Lungs Study finds more thrombi and a new puzzle in the vessels May 22, 2020
Remdesivir Safety Forecast: Watch the Liver, Kidneys Data remain sparse, but a few risks are emerging May 19, 2020
COVID-19 Pulmonary Embolism Often Seen Outside the ICU Majority of Detroit hospital system's cases didn't require ICU-level care May 15, 2020
COVID-19 Sequelae Can Linger for Weeks Even patients with mild cases describe persistent fatigue, trouble breathing, cardiac issues May 13, 2020
COVID-19 Antibiotic Overuse Puts Stewardship Efforts at Risk Researchers worry that copious prescriptions will worsen resistance problem May 12, 2020
Confirmed: Kids Can Get Severe COVID-19 Like in adults, comorbidities a major risk factor May 11, 2020
Respiratory Therapists Play Critical Role in COVID-19 Pandemic Specialty is in the thick of the outbreak, managing ventilators and assisting with intubations May 04, 2020
Gout and Sleep Apnea: It's Complicated Risk is increased with comorbidities such as heart failure and renal impairment Apr 28, 2020
High-Dose CQ Tied to Death, Cardiac Events in COVID-19 Patients Trial stopped due to prolonged QTc interval, higher rate of death in high- vs low-dose group Apr 24, 2020
