Neil Osterweil

May 7, 2017 | Rheumatology News AT ELCC GENEVA – The influenza vaccine may interact with immune checkpoint inhibitors in patients with lung cancer, results of a small study suggest.

BOSTON — Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD ) who have exacerbations requiring hospitalization should be monitored for cardiac arrythmias, investigators said.

BOSTON — Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are at an increased risk for fatal pulmonary embolism (PE) and may require personalized, targeted thromboprophylaxis.

The rate of deaths from PE among patients aged 75-79 years was 44% higher than the expected rate.

September 12, 2017 | Dermatology AT ESMO 2017

September 11, 2017 | Dermatology AT ESMO 2017

If standard therapies don't give relief to patients with refractory cough associated with interstitial lung disease, maybe a little poison could do the trick.

The toxin strychnine, the primary component of the traditional Chinese medicine, may act in the STAT3 pathway, investigators speculate.

BOSTON — Patients with COPD who have exacerbations requiring hospitalization should be monitored for cardiac arrhythmias, investigators said.

BOSTON — Patients with COPD are at an increased risk for fatal pulmonary embolism (PE) and may require personalized, targeted thromboprophylaxis. Those are the conclusions of investigators who analyzed public health data and found that patients with COPD have a markedly increased risk for PE-related death, particularly among those aged 65-85 years.