Category: Healthcare & Policy

Healthcare & Policy

Pre-Surgery Mental Health Support Improved Recovery

Providing mental health coaching and optimizing high-risk medications before surgery reduces post-operative anxiety and depression in older surgical patients.

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

COPD Patients Need More Education on Wildfire Smoke Risks

New research suggests COPD patients lack critical information and clinical guidance to manage respiratory risks during wildfire events.

Environmental News

Bacteria in Classroom Dust Linked to Lower Lung Function in Children

Classroom dust containing elevated levels of Streptomyces and Mycobacterium species is associated with measurable reductions in lung function among school-aged children.

Home Care

Cedars-Sinai Deploys AeviceMD Wearable Stethoscope to Monitor Pediatric Asthma Patients at Home

The AeviceMD wearable stethoscope is worn on the chest for up to 10 hours a day and allows parents to record lung sounds at home and share those recordings securely with doctors.

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

Worse COPD, Pneumonia Outcomes at Private Equity Hospitals

Patients with pneumonia or COPD faced higher mortality risks and readmission at facilities owned by private equity firms, according to new research.

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.