Pulmonology
Feature
Washington medical board charges doctor with spreading COVID misinformation
Doctors and professional organizations are trying to protect patients from any harm that results from mistruths spread by colleagues.
Commentary
Managing respiratory symptoms in the ‘tripledemic’ era
Is it COVID-19, flu, or even RSV?
From the Journals
Six healthy lifestyle habits linked to slowed memory decline
A healthy diet emerged as the strongest deterrent, in a new study.
From the Journals
Novel nomogram distinguishes pneumonias
Adenovirus patients were more likely to be men, with bilateral lung lesions, than those with Chlamydia psittaci.
Feature
Long COVID affecting more than one-third of college students, faculty
A new study is unique for evaluating mostly healthy, young adults and for its rare look at long COVID in a university community.
Commentary
Novel resuscitation for patients with nonshockable rhythms in cardiac arrest
CPR has been life saving for 60 years the way we’ve performed it, but probably only in a very small percentage of cases.
From the Journals
Severe health diagnoses drive suicide risk
The study included low-survival cancers, chronic ischemic heart disease, COPD, and degenerative neurological disease.
From the Journals
Patients with COPD at higher risk of death 1 year after surgery
Frailty, cancer, and procedure type were factors that modified the association between COPD and outcomes.
News
FDA wants annual COVID boosters, just like annual flu shots
The booster’s formulation would be selected in June targeting the most threatening COVID-19 strains.
Feature
Is it time for yet another COVID booster? It’s complicated
Would getting a sixth COVID-19 shot even be enough, or would it be too much?
Feature
Will your smartphone be the next doctor’s office?
A fingertip pressed against a phone’s camera lens can measure a heart rate.