Cigar Smoking Poses Much the Same Danger As Cigarettes
All-cause and cause-specific mortality risk increased
Most Interventional Pulmonology Grads in Academic Practices
Three-quarters of interventional pulmonology graduates have positions in academic practices
Second Primaries for Over 25% With Metastatic Prostate Cancer
28.1 percent have synchronous second primary; mortality up with synchronous lung, stomach cancer
Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Asthma Meds Ups ER Use
Advertising linked to increase in pharmacy sales; emergency room visits for commercially insured
VNN1 Gene Potentially Useful Biomarker in Childhood Asthma
Linked to efficacy of corticosteroids
EHR Data Mining Helps With Quality Improvement
Data mining tools, including health maintenance alerts, reports, are available in EHR products
ACP Supports Ban on Flavoring, Ads for E-Cigarettes
Backers of devices say bans may drive some smokers back to cigarettes
CPAP Tied to Improved A-Fib Outcomes for Those With OSA
Researchers recommend sleep disorder screening for patients with atrial fibrillation
EHR Decision Support Ups Radiologic Test Appropriateness
Harms of computerized clinical decision-support capabilities of EHR rarely assessed
Gene Variation May Impact Smoking Cessation Efforts
Researcher suggests a change in screening policies
