New metric can help physicians to monitor lung health

Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine have developed a tool that can identify airway mucus abnormalities in patients with ...
Pulmonology Advisor

Radiological and Symptomatic Evaluation May Help Predict Disease Progression in PPF

Traction bronchiectasis on computed tomography and body mass index were significantly associated with PPF, while radiological and symptomatic progression and older age were significantly associated ...

Terry Pratchett's novels may have held clues to his dementia a decade before diagnosis, our new study suggests

The earliest signs of dementia are rarely dramatic. They do not arrive as forgotten names or misplaced keys, but as changes so subtle they are almost impossible to notice: a slightly narrower ...

47 Absolutely Shocking "Tis But A Scratch" Stories From Patients Who Should, Without A Doubt, Be Dead Right Now

"Nurses kept coming by to see him because usually people don't live through his specific type of break. He had to have a halo for a while (think Regina George after the bus), and recovery was not fun, ...
BMJ Open

Discharge outcomes and associated patient-level factors in Ontario’s remote care monitoring programme: a population-based survival analysis

Objectives This study examined discharge outcomes and their predictors among patients enrolled in remote patient monitoring (RPM) support in Ontario, Canada. Design A 6-month competing risk survival ...