Air trapping common in patients with long COVID

Summary: Doctors are making huge leaps in medicine, like using new biologic therapies to push severe asthma into remission rather than just controlling it. They are also using simple routines like light therapy and daytime exercise to help dementia patients sleep much better at night.

However, the medical world is facing tough emotional challenges. ICU workers are dealing with severe burnout from the heavy emotional toll of "doing everything" for patients during end-of-life care. In other lung news, deaths from black lung disease are rising due to coal dust exposure, and new guidelines are out to help treat adult bronchiectasis. Finally, while Artificial Intelligence (AI) is stepping in to make healthcare faster, experts are warning that we must be careful not to let computers blur the line between office paperwork and real patient care.

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