– Patients could benefit from regular monitoring for BMD, fracture risk by Salynn Boyles, Contributing Writer February 07, 2018 Long-term use of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) at high doses was associated with a modest increase in risk for bone fractures in both men and women with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), reported Canadian researchers. Use of […]
Chest. 2014 May 15. [Epub ahead of print] 50368 (6/2014) From the author: This was a one-year double-blind placebo controlled (HIACE) trial conducted in Kwong Wah Hospital, Hong Kong. 120 Chinese stable COPD patients were randomly assigned to received either high dose NAC (600mg BID) or placebo and were subsequently under regular follow-up for exacerbation, […]
Are there any nonpharmacologic/nonsurgical treatments for emphysema that have been shown to be helpful? Discuss. (Post date: 12/29/2014) Are there any nonpharmacologic, nonsurgical treatments for emphysema that have been shown to be helpful? That was the question MedPage Today asked Joshua Sill, MD, of Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Va. This is the final […]
Beth Skwarecki December 04, 2014 Story Source Vitamin D supplementation prevented moderate to severe exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in patients with vitamin D deficiency in a multicenter, double-blind, randomized controlled trial. The results werepublished online December 2 in the Lancet. “Contrary to expectation, we did not find evidence that vitamin D3 prevented upper respiratory infections, either in […]
Laurie Barclay, MD November 20, 2014 Story Source Rates of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) incidence are significantly increased in people with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to findings of a population-based study published onlineNovember 19 in the European Respiratory Journal. “These findings have important implications for the early detection of [IBD] in airway disease […]
by Crystal Phend Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today 02.19.2014 Slowing down in exercise habits was associated with a subsequent increase in hospitalizations for exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a prospective Spanish study showed. The odds of hospitalization for COPD exacerbation rose 2.49-fold in the 3 years after a shift from a daily walking […]
Neil Osterweil February 13, 2014 Clinicians may be missing the chance to diagnose early-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the vast majority of cases, investigators suggest. A retrospective review of data on nearly 39,000 patients seen by general practitioners and specialists in the United Kingdom showed that in the 5 years immediately before a diagnosis of […]
Published: Feb 3, 2014 | Updated: Feb 4, 2014 By Crystal Phend, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today Full Story Action Points In a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled, study, in patients with moderate-to-severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), long-term use of N-acetylcysteine reduced the incidence of acute exacerbations. In another study, colonization by bacterial pathogens in patients […]
Laurie Barclay, MD December 12, 2013 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) was associated with increased odds of having mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and memory loss in a cross-sectional, population-based study. The study, published in the November issue of the Mayo Clinic Proceedings, also showed a dose–response relationship with COPD duration and increasing risk for cognitive […]
Published: Oct 28, 2013 | Updated: Oct 28, 2013 By Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Full Story: http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/CHEST/42512 Action Points This study was published as an abstract and presented at a conference. These data and conclusions should be considered to be preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal. CHICAGO — With its focus on […]
Chest 2013 Oct 01;144(4)1340-1345, AMWJ Schols Commentary By David Rakel, MD, FAAFP Nutrition Treatment for COPD: Practical Suggestions It is a relatively unexpected finding that nutrition can play a role in improving function and reducing the progression of COPD. Although this review discusses a rather complicated interplay between nutrients and lung function, the following take-home […]
A Preliminary Clinical Trial Roger M. Engel, DO, DC, PhD Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics: Volume 36, Issue 8 , Pages 490-496, October 2013 Abstract Objective The purpose of this preliminary study was to demonstrate the feasibility of a study that measures the short-term effects of a course of manual therapy (MT) and exercise […]