Use of race-based reference equations in pulmonary function testing has led to thresholds for what qualifies as impairment in populations.

A Karnataka-based start-up has developed an AI-powered app, Shwaasa, that analyses cough sounds to screen for chronic lung diseases such as COPD and asthma. The tool has been validated by AIIMS and ...

An artificial intelligence-powered mobile application developed by a Karnataka-based startup and validated by AIIMS may soon ...

This month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized its repeal of the Endangerment Finding, the agency’s ...

Dr J A Walters, Menzies Research Institute, PB 34, Clinical School, University of Tasmania, Hobart 7001, Australia; Julia.Walters{at}utas.edu.au Background: To increase recognition of airflow ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Several European studies have investigated integrating spirometry at the time of low-dose CT. Spirometry needs ...

The pandemic gave researchers a rare opportunity to study human behavior. Their work offers lessons about loneliness, remote work, high heels and more. By Claire Cain Miller and Irineo Cabreros ...

Introduction Although spirometry has been available for decades, it is underused in paediatric practice, other than in specialist clinics. This is unsurprising as there is limited evidence on the ...

Comparison measures of lung function and improved categorization of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk were among the key updates to the 2025 report from the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive ...

ICBs should commission spirometry services in primary care and not just rely on community diagnostic centres to provide access, NHS England has said. Spirometry could be provided by an individual GP ...

Denzel Washington executive produces a powerful adaptation of a major American play, directed by one son (Malcolm) and starring another (John David). Berniece has an adult brother called Boy Willie, ...

For decades, clinical algorithms that were used to diagnose disease have included race as a variable. Over the past several years, growing recognition that this may lead to diagnoses being entirely ...