The Magazine for Sleep Professionals
Friday, August 28, 2026
On World No Tobacco Day, the American Thoracic Society, alongside members of the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS), calls for renewed efforts to strengthen the implementation of the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in all countries, in order to work towards achieving the United Nations […]
Waterpipe tobacco smoking, otherwise known as “hookah” or “shisha,” is becoming increasingly popular worldwide, especially among youth. Traditional hookahs burn charcoal as a heat source, but recently, electrical heating elements (EHEs) have been introduced to the market. Reinforced by product advertising and package labeling, many hookah smokers believe that EHEs […]
The antibiotic azithromycin may reduce treatment failure in patients hospitalized for an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a randomized, controlled trial published online in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. In “Azithromycin during Acute COPD Exacerbations Requiring Hospitalization (BACE): a Multicenter, Randomized, […]
May is National Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Awareness Month. More than 30,000 adults and kids in the United States have CF. In Georgia, a CF survivor is currently winning her 35-year battle with the disease — thanks to her life-saving double lung transplant. Today, on May Day, she and her husband […]
In terms of first-in-class (FIC) product innovation, the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease(COPD) pipeline is lagging behind the asthma pipeline, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. The company’s latest report, ‘Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Asthma Ahead of COPD in Terms of Innovation with the Focus on Targeted Biologic Therapies […]
Innovative, real-time data collection technology provides critical information about the treatment journey and its impact on patient access to therapies Trio Health announced the launch of the TH-PAH database for patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH). The company utilizes its Multi-Disease Platform (MDX) technology to combine clinical data from physicians, […]
Dietary intake of two fatty acids, omega-3 and omega-6, may have opposite effects on the severity of asthma in children and may also play opposite roles in modifying their response to indoor air pollution, according to new research published online in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. In […]
Philips just announced the anticipated addition of heated humidification to its DreamStation Go CPAP system. DreamStation Go’s heated humidifier enables those living with obstructive sleep apnea to easily travel while still receiving therapy with humidification that is essential to their quality of sleep and overall health. Research on the effects of […]
The American Thoracic Society has developed a new clinical practice guideline for home oxygen therapy for children. The guideline appears in the Feb. 1 edition of the Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. “Home Oxygen Therapy for Children: An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline” makes specific recommendations […]
With the economic and societal costs of smoking totaling more than $300 billion a year and rising, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on The Real Cost of Smoking by State as well as accompanying videos. To encourage the estimated 37.8 million tobacco users in the U.S. to kick the dangerous […]
