Category: Healthcare & Policy

Healthcare & Policy

Global Warming Can Lead to Inflammation in Human Airways

Dry air caused by global warming may exacerbate airway dehydration, increasing the risk of inflammation-related conditions like asthma and chronic cough.

Healthcare & Policy

Unmet Tech Support Needs for Home Care Patients Named a Top Health Hazard of 2025

ECRI released its Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2025 list, identifying the top risk in healthcare. Also making the list are supplemental oxygen and AI.

Healthcare & Policy

‘Forever Chemicals’ in Water Linked to Rare Cancers, Including Respiratory

Counties where drinking water surpassed the recommended maximum levels of PFAS had a higher incidence of respiratory, digestive, endocrine, and mouth and throat cancers.

Environmental News

Global Warming Can Lead to Inflammation in Human Airways

Dry air caused by global warming may exacerbate airway dehydration, increasing the risk of inflammation-related conditions like asthma and chronic cough.

Home Care

Home Oxygen Company Allegedly Defrauding Medicare

ProPublica reports that the nation's largest distributor of home oxygen equipment has repeatedly defrauded Medicare and overcharged thousands of elderly patients with few repercussions from the federal government.

Occupational Health

Engineered Stone Countertop Workers at Risk for Silicosis

A growing number of engineered stone countertop workers are developing silicosis, a preventable lung disease linked to high silica dust exposure.

General Healthcare

Action Plan Aims to Mitigate Wildfire-related Health Risks

The five-part plan aims to reduce wildfire-related health risks, particularly for those with COPD and asthma, using a population health-based approach.

Medicare & Medicaid

A Strange Alliance: Oxygen Companies and Their Medicare Patients Want Congress to Pay the Companies More

Some patients who have been impacted by Lincare and Philips Respironics have joined forces with these corporations to lobby for an end to Medicare’s competitive bidding process for oxygen and to make liquid oxygen available.