Pulmonology
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A Military Nurse Saves a Life After a Brutal Rollover Crash
After watching a woman being ejected from her car then run over by a trailer, a nurse stabilizes her for transport to the hospital.
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Will New Lung Cancer Screening Guidelines Save More Lives?
Lung cancer screening has been broadened to include more patients.
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High and Low Body Mass Indices Promote Respiratory Symptoms
“These results suggest that the risk of small airway obstruction in underweight individuals deserves more attention and that excessive wasting may...
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How a Simple Urine Test Could Reveal Early-Stage Lung Cancer
MIT-developed test could potentially detect early lung cancer noninvasively.
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Invasive Procedures and Complications Follow Lung Cancer Screening
Complications during invasive procedures occurred in 30.6% of cases.
Opinion
JAMA Internal Medicine Editor Recaps 2023’s High-Impact Research
Harvard geriatrician Dr. Sharon K. Inouye highlights research into long COVID, thyroid levels, silicosis, and more.
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Olympus provides recall correction for bronchoscopes to reduce fire risk
FDA statement details Olympus recall correction on use of bronchoscopes and bronchovideoscopes in order to address fire risk.
From the Journals
Death Risk Takes Decades to Revert to Normal in Ex-Smokers
After 30 years, former smokers can reduce their cardiovascular mortality risk by 100%, the cancer-related by 93%, and the respiratory-related...
Opinion
CPAP Oversells and Underperforms
CPAP doesn’t seem to improve CVD-related outcomes. In some cases, it’s even harmful.
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COVID Strain JN.1 Is Now a ‘Variant of Interest,’ WHO Says
The variant accounted for an estimated 21% of cases for the 2-week period ending December 9, up from 8% during the 2 weeks prior.
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Systemic Bias in AI Models May Undermine Diagnostic Accuracy
Clinicians’ accuracy decreased by 11.3% after viewing systematically biased AI model predictions compared with baseline.