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Lung disease tests are failing Black patients, studies show. Experts are calling for change.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWidely used lung function tests often fail to detect lung disease in Black patients, according to...
Pulmonary Function Test
Health via Yahoo News· 1 month agoDouglasOlivares / Getty Images Medically reviewed by Susan Russell, MD A pulmonary function test (PFT), or lung function test, is a non-invasive test...
How Is COPD Diagnosed?
Health via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMedically reviewed by Susan Russell, MD COPD is diagnosed based on your signs and symptoms, history of smoking and exposure to lung irritants, family...
Fitness fanatic, 20, shares horrifying images of how vaping 'destroyed his lungs'
Yahoo News UK· 10 months agoSean Tobin, 20, from New Hampshire in the US, had to have part of his lung removed after it...
NJ Army veteran with one lung scaled Kilimanjaro. What's his next challenge?
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 4 months agoHAWTHORNE — For some people, it is a check mark on a bucket list. Others may view it as a chance to...
'You need a transplant': How a breathless beach walk saved Toms River woman's life
App.com | Asbury Park Press via Yahoo News· 1 month agoTOMS RIVER - Michele Corcione was strolling on the beach in Aruba near three years ago when she...
US race-neutral lung assessments to have profound effects, study finds
Reuters via AOL· 3 weeks agoA guideline for U.S. doctors to ignore race in assessing lung health will likely have profound...
‘It’s like having CPR 24/7’: Savoy woman shares polio survival story, urges vaccination
WCIA Champaign via Yahoo News· 2 months agoSAVOY, Ill. (WCIA) — Polio used to be one of the most feared diseases in the United States,...
What to know about COPD after Eagles co-founder Randy Meisner died of complications from the disease
ABC News via Yahoo News· 10 months agoRandy Meisner, a founding member of the Eagles, died of complications due to chronic obstructive...
Three respiratory viruses could make you sick this season – but for the first time, there are...
CNN via Yahoo News· 10 months agoLast year’s respiratory virus season in the US was a bad one. After two years of extraordinarily...