Race-neutral pulmonary function testing, now recommended by ATS and implemented at Boston Medical Center, has had a long road ...

Good breathing is at the heart of good health. When asthma or shortness of breath appears, a person might be sent for pulmonary function tests. Temple Health test labs are helping people breathe ...

In a new study, removing “race correction” from the interpretation of pulmonary function test results signaled more prevalent and severe lung disease in Black patients.“The use of race ...

In an ideal world, every primary care setting features lung function tests and multiple imaging capabilities on-site, and cost and insurance reimbursement are not limitations.

SAN DIEGO – The elimination of race adjustments in lung-function testing could affect millions of people in the U.S. as they lose or gain eligibility for jobs and benefits due to ...

Removing race from equations that estimate lung function will shift the categorization of disease severity across patient populations, moving more Black individuals into an advanced disease ...

Children whose fathers were exposed to secondhand smoke in childhood may face a higher risk of lung problems throughout life ...

Pulmonary function labs in hospitals, the authors said, may need to build more capacity and be prepared for a possible increase in patient volume as more patients require follow-up lung testing.