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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance to NuvoAir for the in-home use of its Air Next spirometer. The spirometer allows individuals to conduct comprehensive lung ...

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Spiropalm is the NEW hand-held device designed for flexible spirometry screening. Tests can be performed easily and accurately wherever it is needed. Results are monitored on the bright and clear ...

Although use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) as a bridge to lung transplantation has expanded, data on long-term outcomes and patient selection criteria are lacking, wrote Jared A. Darr, ...

Melanie Hoenig was teaching first-year medical students how to estimate kidney function when one of them, Cameron Nutt, raised his hand. Why, he asked, did the diagnostic algorithm include an ...

Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) stated that they have successfully developed a new technology ...

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Spirometry tests are commonly used to help diagnose ... Even after 9 years of use, cannabis smoke exposure did not seem to impact the lungs. The authors concluded that “cannabis does not appear ...

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