The Supplemental Oxygen Access Reform Act of 2024, designed to ease access to supplemental oxygen for Medicare beneficiaries, was introduced in the US House of Representatives by a bipartisan group of members of Congress.
New data presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting supports the improved tolerability of LYT-100 over FDA-approved pirfenidone and provides insights into dose selection.
Therapy discontinuation is high among asthma patients who begin multiple-inhaler triple therapy, researchers reported at the CHEST Annual Meeting.
Serum immunoglobulin G (IgG) levels can help signal which COPD patients are at higher risk for hospitalization, a Chest study found.
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New research, published in CHEST, questions using fever as an indicator for needing to take a blood culture in community-acquired pneumonia cases.
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The ATS 2020 Conference scheduled for May in Philadelphia has been canceled, but Chest Congress in Bologna Italy in June is going forward.
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The American College of Chest Physicians will integrate operations of the National Association for Medical Direction of Respiratory Care (NAMDRC).
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The American College of Chest Physicians (Chest) has updated its evidence-based guidelines on antithrombotic therapy for atrial fibrillation (AFib).
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The strategic initiative will focused on increasing recognition that the way a medicine is delivered in evaluating a patient’s COPD therapy.
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As part of COPD Awareness Month in November, the CHEST Foundation and Sunovion Pharmaceuticals are encouraging Hispanics to learn more about COPD, and if they are at risk, to get tested.
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“Tome Un Respiro” is a Spanish-language campaign to raise awareness among Hispanics in the US about the prevalence, treatment options, and disease management of COPD.
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Experts from the world’s leading lung organizations, including the ATS, ERS and ACCP, are calling on governments to ban or restrict the use of e-cigarettes until their health impacts are better known.
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The American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) has published new guidelines for the management of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). including 79 recommendations and expert consensus statements to aid clinicians in the management of PAH using the latest drug therapies for adults with the condition.
Read MoreMultiorgan, point-of-care ultrasound at the patient’s bedside increased the accuracy of diagnosing patients with suspected pulmonary embolism, according to a study published in CHEST.
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The effort by the CHEST Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the American College of Chest Physicians, is part of DVT Awareness Month.
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