Kristen Dowd

A pilot study, supported by the Food Allergy Fund, plans to assess metformin as a treatment in patients with peanut allergy.

An hourlong session during this year’s ESCMID Global raised awareness of hospital sinks and toilets as a source of outbreaks caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Hillary A. Craddock, PhD, MPH, lecturer in the department of public health and epidemiology at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, summarized the challenges of reducing the spread of bacteria from hospital hand

ORLANDO — Adults with vs. without pulmonary arterial hypertension had a significantly heightened risk for developing a new mental health condition in the 12 months following diagnosis, according to a poster presented here.

ORLANDO — Both patients with asthma who switched from mepolizumab/benralizumab to depemokimab and patients who continued mepolizumab/benralizumab had low annualized exacerbation rates, according to results presented here.

ORLANDO — Nearly 70% of patients with positional obstructive sleep apnea who discontinued positional therapy after achieving disease control still had control at 1 year, according to findings presented here.“These findings support a more personalized approach to OSA,” Irene Cano-Pumarega, MD, PhD, pneumonologist and head of the sleep unit at Ramn y Cajal Hospital in Madrid, told

The FDA on Monday approved the first medication for COVID-19 prevention that people can take after they have been exposed to someone with the disease, according to the drug's manufacturer, Shionogi.

ORLANDO — Patients with asthma who use marijuana have greater risks for mortality and respiratory support following admission for an exacerbation, according to an abstract presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.“Marijuana is one of the most commonly used psychoactive substances used worldwide, with increased prevalence due to recent legalization,”

Adults who quit smoking may have a lower risk for developing dementia, although this association was weakened with post-cessation weight gain, according to a study published in Neurology

ORLANDO — Urban adolescents with poorly controlled asthma participating in an e-health intervention had improved asthma self-efficacy and fewer days

ORLANDO — Among adults with mild to severe obstructive sleep apnea, those receiving AD109, an oral combination drug, vs. placebo achieved lower