Risk Factor

BOSTON — The odds for 30-day readmission among patients with interstitial lung disease went down if the patient was 65 years or older or a woman, according to data presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

Addressing vision impairments, including reduced contrast sensitivity and visual acuity, may have a significant effect on dementia prevalence, according to a study published in JAMA Ophthalmology.

Four variables, including chronic bronchitis and high symptom burden, heightened the rate of exacerbations among patients with COPD and no recent exacerbations, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Paolo Tarantino, MD, highlights modifiable risk factors for metastatic breast cancer.

In a video interview, Majda Hadziahmetovic, MD, retinal specialist and assistant professor of ophthalmology at Duke University discusses necessary lifestyle modifications dry AMD patients can incorporate to slow the development of the disease.

Healio has compiled the most-read news in pulmonology posted in February.

Durga S. Borkar, MD, MMCi, assistant professor of ophthalmology and director of clinical data science at Duke University Eye Center, discusses what factors can put a patient at increased risk for geographic atrophy.

Kathryn P. L. Moore, MD, MSc, assistant professor of neurology at Duke University School of Medicine, discusses risk factors that can be addressed early in Huntington's disease treatment, such as smoking and excessive alcohol intake.

Among four preventable risk factors for cancer mortality, smoking tobacco resulted in the most deaths and years of life lost in seven countries, according to data published in eClinicalMedicine.

Factors including IOP, anterior chamber depth, cataract and short-term antidepressant exposure may increase primary angle-closure glaucoma risk, according to a review published in Optometry and Vision Science.