Women, Minority Groups Still Lagging in Clinical Faculty Positions
Racial and ethnic diversity grew more slowly than representation of women in U.S. academic medicine from 1990 through 2019 (Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge)
Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge - September 8, 2021 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Cardiology, Dermatology, Endocrinology, Family Medicine, Geriatrics, Gastroenterology, Gynecology, Infections, AIDS, Internal Medicine, Allergy, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Nephrology, Neurology, Oncology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, ENT, Pathology Source Type: news

Health Care Disproportionately Spent on White Americans
White Americans benefit from greater than average spending on preventive care versus non - White populations (Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge)
Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge - September 8, 2021 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Cardiology, Dermatology, Endocrinology, Family Medicine, Geriatrics, Gastroenterology, Gynecology, Infections, AIDS, Internal Medicine, Allergy, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Nephrology, Neurology, Nursing, Oncology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, ENT, Source Type: news

New Insights Into Why Asthma Worsens at Night
(Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge)
Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge - September 8, 2021 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Neurology, Pulmonology, Research, Allergy, News, Source Type: news

Mom ’ s Exercise in Pregnancy May Help Baby ’ s Lungs
(Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge)
Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge - September 8, 2021 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Pediatrics, Pulmonology, Obstetrics, Sports Medicine, News, Source Type: news

No Lasting Damage to Lungs After COVID in Young Patients: Study
(Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge)
Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge - September 8, 2021 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Infections, Pediatrics, Pulmonology, News, Source Type: news

AAP Updates Recommendations for Influenza Vaccination in Children
Influenza vaccination recommended for all children age 6 months and up; no product preferred over another (Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge)
Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge - September 7, 2021 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Family Medicine, Infections, Nursing, Pediatrics, Pharmacy, Pulmonology, Journal, Source Type: news

Americans ’ COVID - 19 Medical Bills Are Set to Rise
Research shows that the average COVID - 19 hospitalization costs about $40,000 (Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge)
Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge - September 4, 2021 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Family Medicine, Infections, Internal Medicine, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Pathology, Pharmacy, Pulmonology, Radiology, Institutional, Source Type: news

Organ Transplant Activity Declined During 2020
The most affected organ transplants were kidney, followed by lung, liver, and heart (Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge)
Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge - September 3, 2021 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Nephrology, Pulmonology, Surgery, Conference News, Source Type: news

Current Guidelines May Lead to Antibiotic Overuse for SARS - CoV - 2 Pneumonia
Bacterial superinfection at time of intubation occurred in<25 percent of patients; reduced antibiotic use seen with bronchoalveolar lavage - based management versus current guidelines (Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge)
Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge - September 3, 2021 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Infections, Nursing, Pharmacy, Pulmonology, Critical Care, Journal, Source Type: news

Global Warming Could Worsen COPD Symptoms
(Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge)
Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge - September 3, 2021 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Pulmonology, Emergency Medicine, Preventive Medicine, News, Source Type: news

Asthma, COPD Tied to Worse COVID - 19 Outcomes
Individuals should continue to receive asthma care and take asthma medications during the pandemic (Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge)
Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge - September 2, 2021 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Infections, Internal Medicine, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Nursing, Pulmonology, Journal, Source Type: news

Risk for Asthma at Age 4 Years Higher After Pneumonia in Infancy
Risk slightly higher after introduction of nationwide pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge)
Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge - September 1, 2021 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Family Medicine, Infections, Pediatrics, Pulmonology, Allergy, Journal, Source Type: news

Toxic Leaded Gasoline Is Finished Globally
Use of the fuel has been linked to a wide range of human health problems (Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge)
Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge - September 1, 2021 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Cardiology, Family Medicine, Gynecology, Infections, Internal Medicine, Neurology, Pediatrics, Pulmonology, Institutional, Source Type: news

High Viral Load in Lungs Drives Fatal COVID - 19: Study
(Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge)
Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge - August 31, 2021 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Family Medicine, Infections, Nursing, Pulmonology, News, Source Type: news

COVID - 19 Vaccine Hesitancy Up for Racial, Ethnic Minority HCWs
Vaccine hesitancy highest among Black and Hispanic or Latino health care workers; concerns include side effects, newness of vaccine (Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge)
Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge - August 30, 2021 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Cardiology, Dermatology, Endocrinology, Family Medicine, Geriatrics, Gastroenterology, Gynecology, Infections, AIDS, Internal Medicine, Allergy, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Nephrology, Neurology, Nursing, Oncology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, ENT, Source Type: news