June 15, 2023 Biologics and monoclonal antibodies can help those with severe allergies avoid flare-ups and spend less time seeing their allergists. Miranda Curtiss, M.D., a pulmonologist and...
June 12, 2023 Fibrotic lung disease is a group of around 200 entities that have inflammation and/or fibrosis in common. The “progressive” phenotype of pulmonary fibrosis has recently...
April 10, 2023 Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is an interstitial lung disease caused by an allergic reaction to organic environmental antigens, such as mold or bird feathers. Kevin Dsouza,...
March 27, 2023 Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infections are ten times more prevalent than tuberculosis infections, affecting primarily the elderly and immunocompromised. Bryan Garcia, MD, a pulmonologist, discusses the...
March 13, 2023 Interstitial lung disease (ILD) can occur secondary to autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, and Sjogren’s syndrome. Pilar Acosta, MD, a pulmonologist, explains the...
February 20, 2023 Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a rare lung disease that leads to progressive lung scaring and eventual respiratory failure; it most often affects the elderly....
January 23, 2023 Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is one of the common forms of interstitial lung disease (those that affect the tissues between airways); it results in scarring...
December 14, 2022 Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare genetic disease that results in severe sinus and pulmonary infections and is particularly difficult to treat; however, as...
July 12, 2022 Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States and the second most common malignancy in both men and women. Aline...