AI Tracks Lung Scarring: 4-Percentage-Point Rise in One Year Signals Danger
Researchers have established an artificial intelligence benchmark to quantify the progression of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis as the lungs stiffen,...
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Daewoong Pharmaceutical to Distribute 'The Spirokit' Digital Pulmonary Function Tester
As pulmonary function testing is officially integrated into standard general health checkups this year, Daewoong Pharmaceutical is moving to expand...
The Cold Is Gone, but the Cough Has Lingered for a Month: Could It Be Asthma Even Without Shortness of Breath?
The coughing starts without fail when a presentation runs long during a meeting. It strikes again in the cold evening...
Think All Health Screenings Are Equal? What Happens After the Results Is What Really Counts
"What else should I add to my checkup this year?" It is a question clinicians hear continuously as patients schedule...
Spine and Joint Surgery in Your 80s Is Just the Beginning: Nanuri Hospital Conference Highlights Post-Op Care in Super-Aged Era
For elderly patients undergoing spine or joint surgery, a successful operation is not the finish line.
Lingering Cough After COVID-19? Preexisting Allergies Raise Risk of New-Onset Asthma by 66%
If a dry cough or shortness of breath lingers long after recovering from COVID-19, a patient’s prior allergic history...
Found an Ovarian Cyst? Endometriosis Doesn't Always Require Surgery
Every period came with severe abdominal pain. She managed with painkillers, telling herself she was simply someone with...
550 Days in Limbo: Groups Demand 100-Day Fast-Track Insurance Coverage for Breakthrough PAH Drug Winrevair
With national health insurance coverage for the new pulmonary arterial hypertension treatment Winrevair (active...
"Can I Get TAVI, Too?": 11 Key Questions to Ask Before an Aortic Valve Procedure
Many patients with severe aortic valve stenosis delay treatment out of fear of open-heart surgery.
Dismissed as 'Old Age': The Silent Heart Condition Catching Seniors Off Guard
In late June, a man in his late 70s suddenly collapsed while checking his rice paddies after finishing spring planting...