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Where There's Fire, There's Smoke
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/114xxx/114257.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Last month, combined blazes in Los Angeles (L.A.) forced thousands to evacuate and blanketed the region in a dense smoke. As frontline physicians in Northern California, we know all too well what that billowing smoke means for...


Oral Immunotherapy Works for High-Tolerance Peanut Allergy Too
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/114xxx/114172.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Daily peanut oral immunotherapy (P-OIT) using peanut butter and other store-bought, home-measured products helped most children who could already tolerate a small amount to become fully peanut tolerant, a randomized trial showed...


Certain Diabetes Medications May Ease COPD
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/114xxx/114153.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1 receptor agonists were associated with fewer exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to propensity score-matched cohort studies that emulated randomized clinical trials...


Man Dies of Fatal Asthma Attack After Meds Jumped to Over $500, Lawsuit Alleges
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/114xxx/114101.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- A Wisconsin couple is suing Walgreens and a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM), alleging that their son died because he couldn't afford a sudden $500 spike in his asthma medication. Shanon and William Schmidtknecht, of Poynette...


Trends in Aspirin Use; Top Treatments for Localized Esophageal Cancer
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/113xxx/113933.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center...


FDA Warns About Anaphylaxis Risk With MS Drug
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/113xxx/113889.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- The FDA added a boxed warning about rare cases of anaphylaxis associated with the multiple sclerosis (MS) drug glatiramer acetate (Copaxone, Glatopa), the agency announced on Wednesday. The warning indicates that anaphylaxis...


Genetic Risk Predictor Might Boost Detection of Undiagnosed COPD
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/113xxx/113881.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Considering a risk score generated from multiple genetic variants linked to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) caught undiagnosed cases of the disease better than conventional risk factors and respiratory symptoms alone...


Are Singulair's Psychiatric Risks in Kids Overblown?
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/113xxx/113859.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Montelukast (Singulair) held no elevated risk of depression, anxiety, suicidality, or behavioral problems for children, according to a new study that throws further doubt on the black box warning over neuropsychiatric risk....


Ozempic/Wegovy and 14 Other Drugs Selected for Medicare Price Negotiation
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/113xxx/113822.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- The blockbuster diabetes and weight-loss drug semaglutide (Ozempic, Rybelsus, Wegovy) along with therapies for asthma, cancers, and various other conditions were among the 15 drugs the Biden administration selected for the next...


'CDC Must Be Investigated'; David Lynch, Bob Uecker Die; Nasal Epinephrine Warning
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/113xxx/113821.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Also note that MedPage Today will be closed Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Look for Morning Break again on Tuesday, January 21. "The CDC must...


I Managed Wildfire Response for a Health System. Here's What I Learned.
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/113xxx/113738.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- This week, the world watched in weary horror as large portions of Los Angeles went up in flames. As I write this, the Palisades, Eaton, and Hurst fires, along with other smaller fires in the area, have consumed over 35,000 acres...


Wildfires Blanket Southern California With Smoky Air, Threatening Health of Millions
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/113xxx/113706.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- LOS ANGELES -- Massive wildfires burning in the Los Angeles area have filled the air with a thick cloud of smoke and ash, prompting air quality advisories across a vast stretch of Southern California. Three major fires broke...


Women's Disadvantage on Lung Transplant Waitlists May Be a More Global Problem
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/113xxx/113693.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Women are less likely than men to get a needed lung transplant and spend an average of 6 weeks longer waiting for one, but they do better with the transplant, a French study found. In French registry data, women waited 115 days...


Cancer Warnings on Alcohol? Surge in GI Illnesses; Swab Detects Kids' Asthma Type
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/113xxx/113629.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. The U.S. Surgeon General issued an advisory that alcohol consumption is a leading preventable cause of cancer, calling for an update to warning labels on alcohol...


Environmentally Friendlier COPD Inhaler May Also Be More Effective
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/113xxx/113593.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- There was a notable gap in effectiveness between metered-dose and dry-powder formulations of single-inhaler triple therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to real-world data. Metered-dose inhaler...


FDA Says Decongestant in Many Cold Medicines Doesn't Work. So What Does?
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/113xxx/113526.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Changes are coming to the cold and cough aisle of your local pharmacy: U.S. officials are moving to phase out the leading decongestant found in hundreds of over-the-counter medicines, concluding that it doesn't actually relieve...


Alpha-Gal May Drive Sensitivity to IV Stelara in People With Red-Meat Allergies
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/113xxx/113394.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- ORLANDO -- First-dose reactions to IV ustekinumab (Stelara) may be related to IgE recognition of a carbohydrate allergen in patients, who may be able to tolerate subcutaneous ustekinumab instead, according to a small study...


One in Six Adults With Asthma Didn't Adhere to Meds Due to Cost
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/113xxx/113293.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Despite a declining trend, the number of adults in the U.S. who say they did not adhere to their asthma treatment because of costs remains high, according to an observational study. From 2011-2022, the prevalence of cost-related...


Indoor Air Purification Improved Pulmonary Health in Kids
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/113xxx/113175.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Indoor air purification improved pulmonary health markers among children living in a region with severe air pollution, a cluster randomized trial showed. Among 79 kids living in Mengzhou City in China, the time-weighted personal...


People on Breathing Machines Struggle Without Power After Weather Disasters
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/113xxx/113127.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- HOUSTON -- Kimberly Rubit had one priority in mind as Hurricane Beryl ripped through Houston this summer: her severely disabled daughter. The 63-year-old worked nonstop to prevent Mary, 42, from overheating without air conditioning...


Novel Burden Score May Better Predict Asthma Severity
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/113xxx/113156.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- A novel asthma burden score that incorporated asthma exacerbations and healthcare utilization better reflected disease severity and predicted asthma remission with high sensitivity and specificity, according to an analysis of...