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  • Lung Cancer Biomarkers: A New Frontier in Early Detection with Lindsey Cotton, D.O.Med, DHSc, MS

    Lung Cancer Biomarkers: A New Frontier in Early Detection with Lindsey Cotton, D.O.Med, DHSc, MS
    2025/06/20
    This episode featuring clinician-scientist and expert in liquid biopsy development, Dr. Lindsey Cotton, who explores the evolving science of lung cancer biomarkers and their role in early detection. Listen in to learn more about the current landscape, benefits and challenges of both organ-specific and multi-cancer tests. The highly informative discussion aims to clarify what these tests can and cannot tell us today, along with a forecast for tomorrow.
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    38 分
  • Going for GOLD: Updated COPD Guidelines with Gerard Criner, MD

    Going for GOLD: Updated COPD Guidelines with Gerard Criner, MD
    2025/05/29
    Earlier this year, the Global Initiative for Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) guidelines were updated to include a new emphasis on cardiovascular disease and pulmonary hypertension in COPD, among much more. Rejoining us for an episode exploring these revisions is Gerard Criner, MD, of Temple University, a foremost COPD expert who serves on the GOLD Board of Directors and GOLD Science Committee. He spells out the improvements, from interventions like smoking cessation and pulmonary rehabilitation to the heightened importance of spirometry for diagnosis.
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    29 分
  • Lungcast: ATS 2025, with Harold P. Wimmer and Francesca Polverino, MD, PhD

    Lungcast: ATS 2025, with Harold P. Wimmer and Francesca Polverino, MD, PhD
    2025/05/21
    This special episode features 2 interviews on-site at the 2025 American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference in San Francisco: Harold P. Wimmer, CEO of the American Lung Association, and Francesca Polverino, MD, PhD, a professor at Baylor College of Medicine and spokesperson for the ALA.

    View the latest conference coverage from this meeting here: https://www.hcplive.com/conference/ats

    #Lungcast #HealthNews
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    8 分
  • 2025 State of the Air: Dangers of the Air We Breathe with George Thurston, ScD

    2025 State of the Air: Dangers of the Air We Breathe with George Thurston, ScD
    2025/05/13
    An internationally recognized leader in air quality, epidemiology and exposure assessment, George Thurston, ScD, of New York University headlines this important episode analyzing the Lung Association’s 2025 “State of the Air” report. With nearly half of the people living in the U.S. breathing unhealthy amounts of air pollution, Thurston delves into the acute and accumulative health impacts on communities across the country. Listen in to learn more about the report’s key learnings, from adverse effects of exposure to ground-level ozone pollution to the decade-long worsening trend of particle pollution.

    Want more Lungcast? Visit us at HCPLive.com/podcasts/lungcast or www.lung.org/professional-education/lungcast
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    32 分
  • Lung Cancer Screening: A Decade of Lessons Learned with Mary Pasquinelli, DNP

    Lung Cancer Screening: A Decade of Lessons Learned with Mary Pasquinelli, DNP
    2025/04/22
    It has been more than a decade since lung cancer screening guidelines via low-dose CT, based on the USPSTF’s B recommendations, have been put into place. To discuss the guidelines’ ambitions and obstacles, we are joined by the University of Illinois Health System’s Mary Pasquinelli, DNP, who specializes in lung cancer, lung cancer screening and pulmonary nodule management. While a lifesaving procedure for at-risk individuals, the uptake of screening on a population-level—though increasing—has been slower than expected.

    Want more Lungcast? Visit us at HCPLive.com/podcasts/lungcast or www.lung.org/professional-education/lungcast
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    36 分
  • After the Smoke: Wildfire Cleanup & Air Quality Concerns with Afif El-Hasan, MD

    After the Smoke: Wildfire Cleanup & Air Quality Concerns with Afif El-Hasan, MD
    2025/02/24
    For this hot topic, asthma and lung health expert Dr. Afif El-Hasan of Kaiser Permanente in California joins host Dr. Albert Rizzo to discuss the acute effects of wildfire smoke on air quality. The enlightening conversation also covers the massive cleanup efforts from the recent Los Angeles wildfires and how related exposures may pose health risks.

    Want more Lungcast? Visit us at HCPLive.com/podcasts/lungcast or www.lung.org/professional-education/lungcast
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    15 分
  • Race-Neutral Approach to Pulmonary Function Testing with Meredith McCormack, MD, and Loretta Que, MD

    Race-Neutral Approach to Pulmonary Function Testing with Meredith McCormack, MD, and Loretta Que, MD
    2025/01/27
    In this episode, Dr. Meredith McCormack of Johns Hopkins University and Dr. Loretta Que of Duke University to discuss “race-based normal values” in medicine, particularly in regard to pulmonary function tests (PFT).

    The controversial practice of using a patient’s self-reported race to adjust a standard “normal” range has been shown to lead to potential misdiagnosis and healthcare disparities. Drs. McCormack and Que talk at length about their key roles in the growing movement to phase out a reliance on race in PFT interpretation.

    Want more Lungcast? Visit us at HCPLive.com/podcasts/lungcast or www.lung.org/professional-education/lungcast
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    21 分
  • This Year in Pulmonology: The 2024 Lungcast Recap

    This Year in Pulmonology: The 2024 Lungcast Recap
    2025/01/10
    Ever since the show first launched, Lungcast has provided pulmonologists and health care providers in general a chance to take part in ongoing conversations regarding lung health between experts, patients, and patient advocates.

    In this recap episode, the Lungcast team reflects on these conversations by highlighting some of the many interviews featured in 2024. The following are a set of examples of this year’s interviews, though several other memorable episodes are not on this list. We hope you enjoy this set of highlights.

    For more, view a summary here: https://www.hcplive.com/view/this-year-in-pulmonology-a-2024-lungcast-recap

    Want more Lungcast? Visit us at HCPLive.com/podcasts/lungcast or www.lung.org/professional-education/lungcast
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    19 分