A score based on three routine blood tests may help identify people with pulmonary hypertension (PH) who are at higher risk of dying or being hospitalized for heart failure within about a year, a study in Turkey suggests. The platelet–albumin–bilirubin index, or PALBI, helped distinguish people…
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I started writing this column from the couch while battling the flu. Before I could finish, bronchitis, and then pneumonia, changed the story. Almost a week after developing bronchitis, I landed in the hospital. What I’d hoped would be a few days of rest became another reminder of how…
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The American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) is launching a first-of-its-kind education and certification program for nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants/associates (PAs) who are interested in treating people with lung diseases such as pulmonary hypertension. CHEST announced the program after completing a comprehensive discovery initiative examining…
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Liquidia and United Therapeutics have entered into a global settlement that ends a yearslong legal dispute over Yutrepia, Liquidia’s dry powder inhalation formulation of the medication treprostinil. Under the settlement, Liquidia will maintain access to Yutrepia for people with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), but pull the…
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