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Quitting Smoking Lowers Risk for Bladder Cancer Postmenopause

May 17, 2019

FRIDAY, May 17, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Among postmenopausal women, former smokers have a reduced risk for bladder cancer within the first 10 years of cessation, which continues to decline over time ...

Israel's Zebra Medical gets FDA ok for AI chest X-ray product

May 13, 2019

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israel's Zebra Medical Vision said on Monday it received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its artificial intelligence-based chest X-ray triag...

Conference Highlights: AATS 2019

May 08, 2019

New research was presented at AATS 2019, The Annual Meeting of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, from May 4-7 in Toronto. The features below highlight some of the studies presented at the...

Parents vape around kids, even kids with asthma

May 06, 2019

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) - American adults are more likely to use e-cigarettes when they have children at home, especially when kids have asthma, a U.S. study sug...

Impact of Azithromycin Studied in Acute Exacerbation of COPD

May 03, 2019

FRIDAY, May 3, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Three months of azithromycin did not significantly reduce treatment failure (TF) among patients hospitalized for an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pu...

GSK's 3-in-1 inhalable drug shows promise in asthma study

May 02, 2019

(Reuters) - British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline Plc said on Thursday that its three-in-one drug Trelegy met the main goal of a late-stage asthma study, signalling a possible boost to its ...

April 2019 Briefing - Pulmonology

May 01, 2019

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pulmonology for April 2019. This roundup includes the latest research news from journal articles, as well as th...

April 2019 Briefing - Otolaryngology

May 01, 2019

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Otolaryngology for April 2019. This roundup includes the latest research news from journal articles, as well as...

FDA permits sale of Philip Morris IQOS tobacco-heating alternative to cigarettes

Apr 30, 2019

By Chris Kirkham (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said it would allow Philip Morris to sell a heated tobacco product called IQOS in the United ...

Dads' smoking linked with fetal heart problems

Apr 30, 2019

By Ankur Banerjee (Reuters Health) - Unborn babies are at higher risk of heart defects not just when mothers smoke, but when fathers smoke, too, a new study suggests. ...

Combo Nicotine Replacement Tx Ups Success in Quitting Smoking

Apr 30, 2019

TUESDAY, April 30, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- People who use combination nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) are more likely to successfully quit smoking than people who use a single form of NRT, accordi...

Confidence in Inhaler Technique Poor Proxy for Correct Use

Apr 30, 2019

TUESDAY, April 30, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Child and parent confidence are poor proxies for proper inhaler use among African-American children with asthma, according to a study published online April...

Pediatric Asthma Medication Readiness in the Home

Apr 26, 2019

Pediatric asthma is the most common chronic disease among children in the United States and a major contributor to health disparities. Many children are diagnosed with asthma early during their presch...

Poverty, other disadvantages tied to higher smoking risk

Apr 24, 2019

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Sleep myths may hinder good sleep and health

Apr 19, 2019

By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) - Widespread beliefs about sleeping include advice on how much sleep is enough, what quality sleep means and how to achieve it, but when ...

Obese sleep apnea patients may live longer with nighttime breathing aid

Apr 18, 2019

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) - Obese people with sleep apnea, a common nighttime breathing disorder, may live longer when they use a machine to help keep their airway...

FDA OKs New Fixed-Dose Combination Inhaler for COPD

Apr 16, 2019

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a fixed-dose combination of aclidinium bromide 400 μg and formoterol fumarate 12 μg (Duaklir, Circassia Pharmaceuticals) for the maintenanc...

AEDs Tied to Higher Pneumonia Risk in Alzheimer Patients

Apr 15, 2019

MONDAY, April 15, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Antiepileptic drug (AED) use may increase the risk for pneumonia in patients with Alzheimer disease (AD), according to a study recently published in the Jour...

Teen cigarette smoking declining more slowly in rural U.S.

Apr 11, 2019

By Saumya Joseph (Reuters Health) - The odds of smoking for U.S. adolescents are 50 percent higher in rural areas than in urban areas, even as rates of teen smoking in bot...

Cytomegalovirus Linked to Faster Progression of Cystic Fibrosis

Apr 11, 2019

THURSDAY, April 11, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), cytomegalovirus (CMV) is associated with faster disease progression, according to a research letter published onlin...

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