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   AI can help triage patients with respiratory symptoms before primary care clinic visitAI can help triage patients with respiratory symptoms before primary care clinic visit
 
Researchers from Iceland trained a machine learning model with artificial intelligence to triage patients with respiratory symptoms before the patients visit a primary care clinic.
 
   Hypnotic drug class may not have increased the risk of exacerbations and death among COPD patientsHypnotic drug class may not have increased the risk of exacerbations and death among COPD patients
 
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients newly prescribed non-benzodiazepine benzodiazepine receptor agonists (NBZRAs) such as zolpidem (Ambien, Intermezzo and other brands), a class of hypnotic drugs prescribed for insomnia, did not have an increased risk of exacerbations requiring hospitalizations or of death than those prescribed other types of hypnotics, according to research published at the ATS 2023 International Conference.
 
   Link confirmed: Infant RSV infections increase likelihood of childhood asthmaLink confirmed: Infant RSV infections increase likelihood of childhood asthma
 
Research investigates the association between early-life respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection and the development of childhood asthma. It aims to assess the impact of RSV infection during infancy on the onset of wheezing illnesses and asthma in children.
 
   Study finds socio-economic inequalities in access to novel therapies for many NSCLC patientsStudy finds socio-economic inequalities in access to novel therapies for many NSCLC patients
 
Novel anti-cancer therapies were not accessible to more than half of the patients in England who were diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer, according to a new study published in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology, the official journal of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer.
 
 

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