The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Digital platforms recommended to help people manage their asthma

The eight recommended digital technologies are: Asthmahub, Asthmahub for parents, AsthmaTuner, Digital Health Passport, Luscii, myAsthma, RDMP (Respiratory Disease Management Platform) and Smart ...
Nursing in Practice

‘Make lung function exciting’: How to deliver a successful spirometry test

Nurses across primary and community care settings have been urged to consider how to make spirometry more accurate and less daunting for patients, during a recent Nursing in Practice event in ...
The Motley Fool

Social Security Earnings Test: Everything You Need to Know

Earnings over $24,480 (2026) before full retirement age reduces Social Security benefits. Claimed Social Security early; half of earnings above the threshold are withheld. Benefits recalculated at ...
onmanorama

Why spirometry matters and how to guard against COPD

Ever heard the one-liner, 'Every breath is a paint stroke of life?' How our lungs function often determines the quality of our lives. Spirometry tests are a type of test that helps assess airway ...
thorax.bmj

Diagnosis and treatment outcomes from prebronchodilator spirometry performed alongside lung cancer screening in a Lung Health Check programme

Introduction Incorporating spirometry into low-dose CT (LDCT) screening for lung cancer may help identify people with undiagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), although the downstream ...
SFGate

United, TSA start testing new luggage procedure at SFO

How long would you keep going to work if you didn’t receive a paycheck? That’s the question that thousands of air traffic controllers and TSA officers will be asking themselves as the federal ...
SciELO

The effects of different body positions on pulmonary function in healthy adults

Introduction: Pulmonary function testing, or spirometry, is a validated, globally recognized test that contributes to the diagnosis, staging, and longitudinal follow-up of lung diseases. The exam is ...
The New York Times

Medicare Will Require Prior Approval for Certain Procedures

A pilot program in six states will use a tactic employed by private insurers that has been heavily criticized for delaying and denying medical care. By Reed Abelson and Teddy Rosenbluth Like millions ...
IEEE

Enhancing the Interpretation of Spirometry: Joint Utilization of n-Order Adaptive Fourier Decomposition and Deep Learning Techniques

Abstract: Spirometry plays a key role in diagnosing respiratory diseases, but its accuracy often falls short of clinical expectations. While deep learning models have shown promise in automating ...
pulmonologyadvisor

Prebronchodilator Simplified Spirometry Accurate, Efficient for COPD Screening

Prebronchodilator simplified spirometry was more time efficient vs prebronchodilator and postbronchodilator routine spirometry (2.8 minutes vs 6.7 and 32.1 minutes). A simplified spirometry testing ...
Purdue University

Emergency Procedures Guide

PurdueALERT is the university’s emergency notification system, used by public safety officials to warn students, faculty and staff of imminent danger through multiple communication methods. These ...