This is HUGE $35 price caps for: Spiriva, Atrovent, Symbicort, Airsupra, Breztri, Bevespi *More inhalers to follow in 2025 **does not apply to Medicaid/Medicare But it’s a great start

Big news for bronchiectasis! The phase 3 ASPEN trial of Brensocatib is POSITIVE with a reduction in exacerbations, and important effects on symptoms and slowing rate of lung function decline at the 25mg dose. https://t.co/pRSKm1sMhA A new anti-inflammatory therapy 🧵 @Insmed

Honored to be able to present with this amazing group at #CHEST2023 on use of #telemedicine for #asthma & #COPD self-management across diverse populations @sarahgraymd @ilrileyMD @Jennaustin6 Vincent Fan

"...our data suggest that abortion-restricted states may face even more severe shortages post-Dobbs if physicians follow through on these geographic preferences." https://t.co/jaXKs4mPsB #matchday2023 @mcneillymed @drjessigold @MorganLevyMed @FutureDocs @medpagetoday #MedTwitter

Thanks to @WesElyMD for giving a fantastic @UChicagoPCCM Huening Lecture on fighting "malignant normality" in critical care medicine (like benzodiazepine infusions!!!) Decades of randomized controlled trials show that we save lives by awakening, liberating, and humanizing

For World Lung Day, we are eager to share our letter to the American Thoracic Society, calling to eliminate race adjustment in Pulmonary Function Tests. With this, we can take steps towards advancing racial equity in health care. Read: https://t.co/zUb78gGGT3

Tonight, I was working in the ED when there was a mass shooting at a baseball game in Washington Park, which is on the South Side of Chicago. It has gotten minimal local news coverage, and virtually no national news coverage. My heart breaks the community we serve. 💔

Racial bias in temporal (forehead) thermometers🌡 Out @JAMA_current @JAMANetwork https://t.co/LxyqTue1W7 23% relative reduction in fevers detected in Black patients w/ temporal compared to oral thermometers Another medical device that could be failing our patients (1)

Only 21% women have Endowed Chairs/Professorships (slightly better %28 at top 10 Med schools). #wecandobetter @AcadMedJournal

@FutureDocs

And people like ⁦@gradydoctor⁩ are still not ⁦@verified⁩… “Significantly fewer women physicians have verified Twitter accounts compared with their male counterparts – a disparity that ‘may have important implications’ for their careers”

Dear all trainees, important tips from @valeriepress in finding a “CAPE” mentor .. (1) are they Capable? ie do they publish with students (2) Available to you? (3) Project is important to you? don’t feel pressured, and (4) Easy to get along with? #ATS2022

Biden administration needs to fight this decision, even if is was gearing up to make the same call in a couple of weeks. Accepting a precedent that says that @CDCgov or other agencies don't have the authority to enact mandates during a public health emergency is enormously scary.

Very powerful visual for Monday reflection

Final CMS updated #lungcancer screening coverage decision is out - aligns with USPSTF2021 on lower age and pack-years for eligibility AND simplifies requirements with focus on barriers to screening!!

Research from @ScottGBickel showed that when insurance providers switch asthma medications, asthma control worsens for children. I’m glad to see legislators start to work on this problem.

A) "Everyone will be exposed to Omicron" B) "Everyone will get Omicron" They're different. (A) promotes appropriate caution till surge ends: boost, N95, outdoor>indoor. (B) promotes counterproductive behavior as hospitals are overwhelmed. Biggest difference: A is true. B is not.