This is a Kaiser Health News story. As the number of COVID-19 patients climbs and health officials hunt for ventilators to treat them, nursing homes across the United States have a cache about 8,200 ...

Spinal cord injuries, strokes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and neurological diseases such as multiple sclerosis have left tens of thousands of Americans permanently dependent on ventilators ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A study in New York showed that Candida auris colonization was associated with ventilator use, recent exposure ...

Several online posts claimed that patients who use a ventilator have a greater chance of getting amnesia. With thousands of ventilators being used to treat patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, ...

In a keynote presentation at ATS 2024, Hannah Wunsch, MD, MSc, of Weill Cornell Medicine, delved into how the history of breathing support dating back to the 1700s has set the stage for ventilation ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Invasive ventilation use differed between white patients and Asian, Black and Hispanic patients. Less use of ...

On vacation in Mexico last year, Michael DiPlacido passed out twice while scuba diving and again in his hotel. Back in St. Louis, Mo., doctors diagnosed him with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, ...