Medscape

Home Spirometry May Improve Asthma Diagnosis in Primary Care

Among patients with asthma-like symptoms in primary care, testing using home spirometry may be useful for the diagnosis of ...
Nursing in Practice

Nurses welcome NICE recommendation on digital asthma tools

According to NICE, the technologies suggested for use allow people with asthma to use apps or online tools to access ...
Pulse Today

GPs should use AI to interpret spirometry tests, NICE proposes

New NICE draft guidance has recommended the implementation of a digital tool using AI to interpret spirometry tests at GP ...
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Digital platforms recommended to help people manage their asthma

The eight recommended digital technologies are: Asthmahub, Asthmahub for parents, AsthmaTuner, Digital Health Passport, Luscii, myAsthma, RDMP (Respiratory Disease Management Platform) and Smart ...

How to know if your lungs are healthy: Chest surgeon suggests a simple test to try at home

Worried about lung health amid rising air pollution? A chest surgeon explains a simple breath-holding test you can try at ...
Nursing in Practice

‘Make lung function exciting’: How to deliver a successful spirometry test

Nurses across primary and community care settings have been urged to consider how to make spirometry more accurate and less daunting for patients, during a recent Nursing in Practice event in ...
Belfast Live

'We had no idea this debilitating lung disease would kill my dad'

A Northern Ireland woman, who lost her father to a debilitating lung disease seven years ago, says better diagnosis could save many lives. With lung conditions the third biggest killer in Northern ...
GP magazine

Viewpoint: How GPs can keep asthma care on track this winter

A year on from the publication of landmark NICE guidelines on asthma, GP and clinical lead for Asthma + Lung UK Dr Andy Whittamore writes for GPonline about why their implementation is crucial. Asthma ...
PharmiWeb

Revolutionary COPD diagnosis approach rolled out in UK first

UK: 11 November 2025: Patients in the UK will be able to access cutting-edge testing for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) - the UK’s sixth biggest killer - as the NHS rolls out faster, ...
thorax.bmj

Diagnosis and treatment outcomes from prebronchodilator spirometry performed alongside lung cancer screening in a Lung Health Check programme

Introduction Incorporating spirometry into low-dose CT (LDCT) screening for lung cancer may help identify people with undiagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), although the downstream ...
Business Standard

Pollution, smoking, and that cough: It may be time for a lung function test

That persistent tickly cough you’re brushing off as seasonal or smog-related may be your body’s early warning sign. According to Dr C C Nair, Internal Medicine Specialist at Lilavati Hospital & ...
healthshots

Air pollution, smoking, and nagging cough: When to get a lung function test?

With winter on the way and temperatures starting to drop, air quality is becoming a hot topic. It’s not just environmentalists and health experts talking about it anymore, even people are discussing ...