Young adults with a first cancer diagnosis experienced improvements in health-related quality of life with help from a one-on-one intervention focused on problem-solving, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.
Specifically, participants of the six-session Bright IDEAS-YA program experienced decreased depression and anxiety symptoms at 6 months, Katie A. Devine, PhD, MPH, associate director of the New Jersey Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Research Center of Excellence at Rutgers Cancer Institute, and colleagues wrote.
“Bright IDEAS participants felt less overwhelmed and more

Average wait times for a new neurology visit are influenced by patient sex, neurologic condition, type of insurance and geographic location, according to a study published in Neurology.
The number of neurologists in an area, however, did not significantly impact these wait times, John Ney, MD, MPH, assistant professor of neurology at Yale School of Medicine, and colleagues wrote.
“There was a gap in information on the wait times that patients had to endure to see a neurologist for a new ambulatory visit. A recently published study looked at this issue in the Medicare population, but findings

ORLANDO — Exercise capacity and quality of life improved for children with chronic respiratory disease with pulmonary rehabilitation, according to an abstract presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.
Although proven effective for adults, these programs remain rare and under-investigated for children, Andrew S. Paisley, MD, a member of the division of pulmonary medicine at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, and colleagues wrote.
“Children with chronic lung disease face a challenging cycle. Declining lung function may lead to fatigue and exercise intolerance, which

ORLANDO — With its link to more than $1 trillion in welfare losses globally in 2023, tuberculosis is described as “a macroeconomic hemorrhage,” according to results presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.
“For the everyday clinician, this translates a TB diagnosis from an individual treatment decision into a measurable economic intervention,” Hardik Dineshbhai Desai, MBBS, independent clinical and public health researcher at AB Plus Multispecialty Hospital in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, told Healio. “Every case detected early, every treatment completed successfully

ORLANDO — A New York City municipal mold removal program reduced ED visits related to asthma by 2,798 each year between 2021 and 2023, according to a poster presented at the American Thoracic Society Annual Meeting.
Launched in 2019, the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) Mold Busters initiative uses evidence-based methods to remove mold from and remediate its facilities, which are home to more than 400,000 residents who were primarily Black, Hispanic and low-income.
“These results suggest that housing interventions on asthma triggers could play a critical role in reducing long-standing

Preparing for her 2026 to 2027 term as American Thoracic Society president, Michelle Ng Gong, MD, MS, ATSF, plans to emphasize hope, resiliency and opportunity building.
“We’ve gone through a lot of challenges in the last 2 years with regards to concerns about research, what’s happening with the environment, vaccines and other issues,” Gong, chair of medicine and former chief of pulmonary medicine and chief of critical care medicine at Montefiore Einstein, told Healio.
“When we face challenges, it’s easy to forget that we still have a lot of ability and resources to use these opportunities to