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Think You Have COPD? See Early Warning Signs and How to Test Yourself at Home
We've all felt winded when taking the stairs or dealt with a cough from time to time. But if these issues linger, they could ...
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New Cutoffs Identified to Improve Timely Chronic Hypercapnia Management in COPD
Researchers have identified new lung function and blood test cutoffs to improve timely chronic hypercapnia management in ...
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Study shows deep learning model accurately diagnoses COPD
The spirometry predictions were then used to predict the Global Initiative for Obstruct Lung Disease (GOLD) stage. The GOLD system classifies the severity of a patient's COPD into one of four ...
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Machine Learning-Based Speech Analysis to Predict COPD Status
The following is a summary of “Assessing the Clinical and Functional Status of COPD Patients Using Speech Analysis During and ...
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Saving lives in COPD requires a proactive approach
The 2024 GOLD Report calls for a more proactive therapeutic approach to COPD and outlines mortality reduction as a key treatment goal. Achieving such a proactive mindset will require accelerated ...
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South African gold miners gain $400m lung disease payout
The miners contracted silicosis, an incurable lung disease caused by inhaling dust from gold-bearing rocks. The dust lodges in the lungs, causing permanent scarring and can often lead to tuberculosis.
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Reaching for the gold standard of lung cancer screening
Changing perceptions of lung cancer treatment In lung cancer ... Forewarned is forearmed Reaching for the pinnacle ‘gold standard’ of cancer screening is a complicated task.