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• Silicosis Diagnosis Test Can Use AI To Detect Deadly Condition in Minutes

  March 28, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  A new AI-powered diagnostic test can diagnose silicosis in minutes, according to the findings of a new study.

• Traffic Emissions Account for 70% of External Matter Found in Urbanites’ Lungs: Study

  January 13, 2025

  Martha Garcia

  A new study finds that traffic emissions could be responsible for as much as 70% of the air pollution deposited in the lungs in large urban areas, like Los Angeles, which could lead to respiratory problems, heart attacks and strokes.

• Five Years Later, No Definitive Cause for EVALI Vaping Injuries and Deaths Found: Study

  January 2, 2025

  Martha Garcia

  A new study reveals that there was never a concrete determination of the cause of an outbreak of vaping-related lung illnesses that started in 2019, eventually killing 50 people.

• Judge Approves Settlement of Philips CPAP Medical Monitoring Lawsuit

  November 15, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A federal judge has determined that a $25 million Philips CPAP medical monitoring settlement is “fair, reasonable and adequate”, providing funding to monitor individuals exposed to toxic foam released by recalled breathing machines.

• Silicosis From Quartz Countertops Poses Devastating Risks for Workers Cutting Engineered Stone

  October 24, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  U.K. researchers have identified eight cases of silicosis linked to working with engineered stone and quartz countertops, suggesting the disease is often misdiagnosed and much more prevalent than previously believed among certain workers.

• Study Finds Long-Term Oxygen Unnecessary for Severe Hypoxemia in COPD Patients

  September 24, 2024

  Martha Garcia

  Researchers indicate that 15 hours of oxygen treatment is enough to help COPD patients with severe hypoxemia, finding that longer treatments previously recommended do not appear to confer any additional benefits.

• Lawsuits Between Philips and SoClean Over CPAP Machine Problems To Be Trial Ready by July 2025

  September 3, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Philips and SoClean attorneys have asked a U.S. District Judge presiding over litigation over problems caused by the CPAP machine cleaners to resolve a number of disagreements needed to prepare the first lawsuits between the two manufacturers for trial in one year.

• Baxter Life2000 Ventilator Recall Issued Over Battery Charging Problems Linked To Patient Injury

  July 17, 2024

  Grace Muller

  About 2,500 Baxter Life2000 ventilators are being recalled because the battery charging dongle can fail, resulting in patients not receiving life-sustaining oxygen, putting them at risk of severe injury and death.

• Fairness Hearing For Philips CPAP Recall Medical Monitoring Settlement Set for October

  July 11, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A U.S. District Court judge has scheduled a fairness hearing for October in order to determine whether final approval should be granted to a $25 million Philips CPAP recall settlement agreement, which would pay former users $25 million to pay for future medical monitoring needs.

• FDA Issues “Do Not Use” Warning for Recalled Medtronic NIM Endotracheal Tubes

  July 10, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  The FDA is warning healthcare providers not to use Medtronic NIM endotracheal tubes following dozens of reports of the devices losing functionality and degrading, which could prevent life-saving oxygen from being supplied to patients during surgery.