Background: Vitamin D is a steroid hormone with pleiotropic effects including immune system modulation, lung tissue remodeling, and bone health. Vitamin D deficiency has been implicated in the ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with advanced COPD and blood eosinophils of 100 or less had more exacerbations and reduced lung ...
Increased telehealth use in cystic fibrosis care was linked to better adult lung function and lower detection of P aeruginosa.
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Low lung function was determined as a baseline FEV 1 percentage predicted of less than 88%. In addition to ...
Certain genetic variants that have previously been linked to the lung disease COPD can explain reduced lung function already in children and adolescents, according to researchers at Karolinska ...
Being overweight or too skinny in childhood may adversely affect people's lung function as adults, new research shows. Previous studies have had mixed results when looking at a correlation between ...
Why Do Some Patients With Early-Stage Lung Cancer Not Receive Surgical Treatment Despite Guidelines?
A retrospective study finds that more than one third of patients with stage I-IIIA non-small cell lung cancer do not undergo surgery due to old age, comorbidities, or poorer lung function.
The 2012 GLI race-specific equation failed to detect reduced lung function in 39% of Black children participating in three large cohorts. The 2022 GLI race-neutral equation identified two- to ...
An abnormal BMI in children -- be it high or low -- can now be associated with impaired lung function, but if their BMI is normalized before they reach adulthood, the impairment can be offset, ...
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Omitting race from lung function equations increases detection of asthma in Black children, study shows
Despite ongoing progress, structural racism and health disparities continue to shape health care practices in ways health care providers may not even realize. A recent study in JAMA Network Open, ...
Compared with race-specific equations, race-neutral equation identified twice as many Black children with asthma or asthma symptoms. HealthDay News — Using a race-neutral equation identifies more than ...
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