There has been a 78 percent increase in the number of high school students who are using e-cigarettes, JUUL pods, or similar products, and a 48 percent rise in use among middle schoolers, according to a 2018 National Youth Tobacco Survey. Those percentages represent an increase of 1.5 million users in just one year. Health care professionals are increasingly alarmed by the statistics.

Pulmonary embolism is one of the leading causes of preventable deaths among hospitalized patients. Advances in diagnostic and therapeutic techniques have expanded the number of potential therapies, and researchers are continuing to expand the evidence base and learn how to use these treatments. As a result, treatment decision-making has become more complex. 

The newest medical research is putting a spotlight on the care and delivery of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with non-COPD chronic respiratory disease.

Polly Parsons, MD, ATSF, president of the American Thoracic Society, opened the 115th ATS International Conference Saturday afternoon by welcoming Mary E. Klotman, dean of the Duke University School of Medicine and vice chancellor for Health Affairs as the guest speaker.

Three scientists were recognized for their exceptional contributions to medicine and research during the opening ceremony on Saturday.

Imagine a health care system so advanced that it continuously gathers and analyzes the massive amount of data generated in the ICU to improve patient care in real time.

The ATS Keynote Series features a diverse group of speakers who will present cutting-edge research and their own perspectives on a variety of topics highly relevant to the pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine community. Today’s speakers will examine medical decision-making and implementation science.

Ten years ago, pulmonologists understood that a damaged adult lung could repair itself under certain circumstances via the plasticity of well-defined progenitor cells that sense when resident cells are damaged.

Be a part of the discussion as editors and authors present papers that were recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association and the New England Journal of Medicine.

The ATS will recognize four physicians and researchers for their remarkable contributions to medicine during Sunday’s Awards Session, featuring the Amberson Lecture and the presentation of the Trudeau Medal and two Distinguished Achievement Awards.