misdiagnosis

January 23, 2017January 23, 2017

One-third of Adults Diagnosed with Asthma Don’t Have the Disease, Canadian Study Finds

Asthma, News

A new research study revealed that 33 percent of adults in Canada who were diagnosed with asthma in the last five years do not have active asthma after all. The study, ... Read more

November 17, 2015November 18, 2015

Proper Asthma Diagnosis Still Challenging for Physicians

Asthma, News

A new study suggests that large numbers of asthma patients in Italy are still being under-diagnosed or misdiagnosed some 20 years after the dissemination of the Global Initiative for Asthma guidelines to ... Read more

November 13, 2015November 13, 2015

PFF Survey Finds Diagnostic Delays, Misdiagnosis Plague ILD Patients

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, News

Results from national survey of 600 U.S. patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) indicate that a substantial percentage suffer from diagnostic delays and misdiagnosis. The data was presented at the PFF Summit ... Read more

July 2, 2015November 9, 2015

New COPD Guidelines Lead to Misdiagnosis in Certain Patient Subsets

COPD, News

Dr. Martin Miller from the University of Birmingham and Dr. Mark Levy from the Harrow Clinical Commissioning Group in the United Kingdom recently highlighted the risk for misdiagnosing chronic obstructive ... Read more