University Of Pittsburgh

An asthma phenotype correlated with adiposity and adipose-associated inflammation in HIV–infected patients with obstructive lung disease, according to recent research.

Adults with prediabetes or metabolic syndrome assigned to an intensive 12-month lifestyle intervention program saw improvements in health-related quality of life, as well as improved clinical and behavioral outcomes vs. controls assigned to a waiting list, according to recent findings.

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has been named the No. 1 hospital in pediatric diabetes and endocrinology, according the US News & World Report rankings.

CHICAGO — Skin cancer screening of patients performed in the primary care setting during routine examinations resulted in detection of thinner melanomas, according to the results of a study presented at the ASCO Annual Meeting.

BALTIMORE — Children living in poverty experienced significantly higher rates of asthma and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder compared to wealthier children, according to recent study findings presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting.

LOS ANGELES — Adult and pediatric patients with a food allergy have a lower than ideal rate of having self-injectable epinephrine prior to visiting an allergist, according to recent study data presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.