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AI Cough-Monitoring Can Change the Way We Diagnose Disease
How many times do you cough a day? Do you cough more when you’re indoors or outside? Or more often after you eat? Or at night? Chances are, your cough memory might not be that accurate. But all of that information about your coughing patterns could be an untapped resource to better understand your health. Coughs may be benign ways to clear a little extra phlegm, or they could be early signs of more serious conditions such as asthma, GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease), or even lung cancer. “In the era of precision health, it’s ironic that such a problematic symptom is simply unmeasured,” says Pet...
Source: TIME: Health - April 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Technology Source Type: news

COVID-19 and lung pathologies
Horm Mol Biol Clin Investig. 2021 Jul 30. doi: 10.1515/hmbci-2020-0096. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTCOVID-19 is a global emergency with over 10 million cases and over 500, 000 deaths worldwide. The SARS CoV-2 is a RNA virus belonging to the family coronaviridae. It has high infectivity. The manifestations of the disease range from asymptomatic or mild symptoms to severe pneumonia and ARDS. The CT scan of lung shows consolidation and "Ground Glass Opacities". The persons with other comorbidities are considered to be at a higher rate of acquiring the infection. Asthma and other allergies have not been identified as major r...
Source: Clinical Lung Cancer - August 1, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Darshana Purohit Ashok Kumar Ahirwar Apurva Sakarde Priyanka Asia Niranjan Gopal Source Type: research

COVID-19 vaccination in mastocytosis: recommendations of the European Competence Network on Mastocytosis (ECNM) and American Initiative in Mast Cell Diseases (AIM)
J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2021 Apr 5:S2213-2198(21)00386-X. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2021.03.041. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMastocytosis is a neoplasm characterized by an accumulation of mast cells in various organs and increased risk for severe anaphylaxis in patients with concomitant allergies. Covid-19 is a pandemic that is associated with a relatively high rate of severe lung disease and mortality. The mortality is particularly high in those with certain comorbidities and increases with age. Recently, several companies have developed an effective vaccination against Covid-19. Although the reported frequency of sever...
Source: Clinical Lung Cancer - April 8, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Patrizia Bonadonna Knut Brockow Marek Niedoszytko Hanneke Oude Elberink Cem Akin Boguslaw Nedoszytko Joseph H Butterfield Ivan Alvarez-Twose Karl Sotlar Juliana Schwaab Mohamad Jawhar Mariana Castells Wolfgang R Sperr Olivier Hermine Jason Gotlib Roberta Source Type: research