Essay | The Surprising Link Between Thunderstorms and Asthma
As severe weather events become more common, public health systems may face a challenge in treating respiratory illnesses.
As severe weather events become more common, public health systems may face a challenge in treating respiratory illnesses.
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a rare condition for which reliable disease trends over time can be difficult to obtain. Understanding the epidemiology of IPF…
Rationale: Oral microbiota associate with diseases of the mouth and serve as a source of lung microbiota. However, the role of oral microbiota in lung…
Following military deployment, veterans who served in Southwest Asia and Afghanistan had poorer lung function if they experienced more intense inhalation exposures, according to results…
An offer to speak with a smoking cessation practitioner during a lung cancer screening appointment was accepted by a majority of current smokers, according to…
In his new column, KFF President and CEO Drew Altman discusses the pros and cons of labeling socio-economic problems as health issues.
Rationale: Oral appliances are second-line treatments after continuous positive airway pressure for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) management. However, the need for oral appliance titration limits…
Rationale: Computed tomography (CT) enables noninvasive diagnosis of usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP), but enhanced image analyses are needed to overcome the limitations of visual assessment.…
Few observations in the field of the airway microbiome have been as consistently replicated as the one in which high bacterial burden in the lower…
Researchers assessed whether SARS-CoV-2 infection in children modified their risk for incident asthma within 18 months post infection.