Category: Healthcare & Policy

Healthcare & Policy

How Hurricane Flooding Affects Respiratory Symptoms

Researchers identified the factors that are most likely to create hazardous respiratory conditions inside homes after hurricane-related flooding.

Healthcare & Policy

BreatheLink Mobile App for Overnight Oximetry Testing

The BreatheLink platform allows patients to transmit overnight oximetry data from their own smartphones, reducing the time required to set up home oxygen therapy.

Healthcare & Policy

Ozone Limits Pediatric Lung Growth Benefits of Exercise

High ozone pollution levels may counteract the respiratory healthcare improvements gained through vigorous physical activity in pediatric populations.

Environmental News

How Hurricane Flooding Affects Respiratory Symptoms

Researchers identified the factors that are most likely to create hazardous respiratory conditions inside homes after hurricane-related flooding.

Home Care

At-home Monitoring Detected Early Lung Transplant Complications

A Mayo Clinic study demonstrates that at-home monitoring provides actionable data and reduces the travel burden for post-transplant patients.

Occupational Health

HCWs Report Fewer Side Effects from Protein-based COVID-19 Vaccine

A survey of frontline healthcare workers suggests a protein-based COVID-19 vaccine may cause fewer symptoms and less work disruption compared to mRNA options.

General Healthcare

Air Pollution Increases Post-Surgical Risks

Exposure to fine particulate matter in the week before surgery is associated with higher rates of pneumonia, sepsis, and surgical wound infections.

Medicare & Medicaid

Magnolia Diagnostics Pays $24M to Settle Medicare Respiratory Testing Fraud Claims

Magnolia Diagnostics and its owners allegedly billed Medicare for unnecessary respiratory panels performed on seniors during the pandemic, according to the US Justice Dept.