COVID-19 can cause lasting lung damage—3 ways long COVID patients' respiration can suffer
"I just can't do what I used to anymore."
Sep 22, 2022
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"I just can't do what I used to anymore."
Sep 22, 2022
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The ability of physicians to differentiate between asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the primary care setting may be improved with the addition of spirometry testing, according to a study published ...
Sep 15, 2022
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In Ontario, nearly 900,000 people live with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). People with this condition account for 24 percent of hospitalizations, 24% of emergency department visits and 21% of ambulatory care ...
Sep 15, 2022
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A cohort study from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has found that the newly developed summary Elixhauser (S-Elixhauser) comorbidity score is well calibrated and internally validated to predict in-hospital, ...
Sep 13, 2022
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Researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health have found that dual bronchodilators—long-lasting inhalers that relax the airways and make it easier to breathe—do little to help people who do not have chronic ...
Sep 4, 2022
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An international collaboration of human geneticists involving researchers at Queen Mary University of London and the Genes & Health study has identified 11 new genomic regions that influence the severity of COVID-19 disease.
Aug 16, 2022
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In California and across the country, more people are likely to die from lung cancer than any other cancer, the American Lung Association states in an August press release, as wildfire season is in full swing.
Aug 8, 2022
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Structural differences in lung airways between men and woman may be the cause of differences in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) prevalence and outcomes between the sexes. According to a large, multicenter study ...
Aug 2, 2022
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The QUT Inspire ISy app, was developed by QUT Ph.D. candidate Clarence Baxter and has been tested and compared with a Triflo II clinical incentive spirometry device by 24 healthy participants with the study's results published ...
Jul 28, 2022
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Researchers conducted a study to describe the demographic and clinical characteristics of patients receiving care for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the U.S. primary care setting. More than 17,000 electronic patient ...
Jul 26, 2022
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