In patients with mild asthma, delaying inhaled corticosteroid therapy for up to 2 years does not significantly affect lung function 10 years later, but it does seem to affect disease control and airway inflammation. Reuters Health Information
The value of using outcome measures is critically scrutinized in an examination of the debate between rights-oriented and commodity-oriented approaches to healthcare delivery. Medscape General Medicine
A new bill in the Senate to eliminate an unpopular tax-form provision of the Affordable Care Act has 45 Republican and 15 Democratic sponsors. Medscape Medical News
As healthcare professionals, Paul A. Offit, MD, believes that we need to be much more passionate about encouraging both teens and adults to get the Tdap vaccine. Medscape Infectious Diseases
Allergy vaccines are nothing to sneeze at since they combine multiple allergens to enhance the immunotherapeutic effects. Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology