Pollution, smoking, and that cough: It may be time for a lung function test

Chronic cough, breathlessness or pollution exposure may signal underlying lung disease. Here's when you should consider a ...

Your lungs hold secrets about your health as you age – here's a simple test to check them

The condition of our lungs can reveal a great deal about our wider health. Luckily you can also get them into better shape.
Medscape

Testing for Pulmonary Issues as a Primary Care Physician: What to Know

Examining a patient for common or complex pulmonary issues in a primary care setting takes time and expertise — physicians need to ask about symptoms and medical history and determine which tests to ...
MedPage Today

Lung Function Tests: End of Racial Adjustments Could Have Wide Impact

SAN DIEGO – The elimination of race adjustments in lung-function testing could affect millions of people in the U.S. as they lose or gain eligibility for jobs and benefits due to reclassification of ...
STAT

VA disputes claim that removing race from lung tests would greatly alter disability payments

Veterans Affairs department officials said Monday they have launched a study to determine how removing race from widely used lung function tests may affect disability benefits for veterans, and they ...

Dust From The Salton Sea Is Harming Kids: UCI Research

The UCI research marks one of the first investigations to directly link the dust to measurable declines in children’s ...
STAT

Removing race adjustment from lung test could mean higher disability payments for Black vets

Removing a patient’s race from an equation used to assess lung function — a change called for by health equity advocates — would mean that the lung disease of nearly half a million Black Americans ...
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Children living near the Salton Sea face declining lung function

Children living near the Salton Sea, in Southern California's desert region of Imperial County, are experiencing poorer lung ...

Wind-blown dust from receding Salton Sea linked to reduced lung function in area children

Children living near the Salton Sea, in Southern California's desert region of Imperial County, are experiencing poorer lung ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Patterns of Lung Function Decline Likely Not Predictive of Respiratory Failure in SMA

Following the course of lung function in treatment-naïve patients, researchers found that lung function decline does not accelerate prior to mechanical ventilation. Patterns in the decline of lung ...