After killing millions, Big Tobacco moves into healthcare
John Safran takes a look at the strategic shifts of Philip Morris, a company responsible for a global public health catastrophe.
Tag: ERS Congress 2020 – European Respiratory Society
Doctors found 28 of these in a woman’s oesophagus
The foreign bodies were missed on first presentation and led to fatal aspiration pneumonia.
First study on personalised asthma care shows benefit for some
Children homozygous for a particular beta-2 receptor allele had better quality of life on personalised regimen.
Early bronchitis linked with adult asthma and pneumonia risk: study
The results come from more than four decades of follow-up in the Tasmanian Longitudinal Health Study.
Start pulmonary rehab early after COVID-19: study
The sooner patients get started after ventilation, the faster their recovery, researchers say.
Poly-use of nicotine products ‘an underestimated hazard’
Most users of e-cigarettes smoke conventional cigarettes too, expert warns.
Disease risk for light smokers might be underestimated
It's not far behind heavy smokers' risk of dying from lung cancer, study findsÂ
Singing training as effective as rehab for COPD: study
So-called 'lung choirs' can improve patient's physical capacity and dyspnoea, researchers say.
Is nasal high-flow therapy of value in hypercapnic COPD?
Trial pits the device against non-invasive ventilation.
Antifibrotic combo therapy reduces biomarkers in IPF
A subgroup analysis of the INSTAGE trial shows effects on biomarkers depend on the presence or absence of emphysema.
