Mindaugas Galvosas, MD
@mgalvosas.bsky.social
Cough as a Digital Biomarker and First Digital Therapeutic (DTx) for chronic cough @ hyfe.com, coughpro.com | prev. founder of wandering prevention tech for dementia | interested in Digital Health | my opinions
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Digital therapeutic for cough hypersensitivity as a treatable trait!
"By week 4 of the intervention, the mean hourly cough rate had fallen to 11.1 (41.8% reduction) and the mean hourly bout rate had fallen to 2.4 (41.5% reduction)."
journal.chestnet.org/article/S001...
"By week 4 of the intervention, the mean hourly cough rate had fallen to 11.1 (41.8% reduction) and the mean hourly bout rate had fallen to 2.4 (41.5% reduction)."
journal.chestnet.org/article/S001...
DIGITAL THERAPEUTIC FOR REFRACTORY AND UNEXPLAINED CHRONIC COUGH: A PROOF OF CONCEPT STUDY
SESSION TITLE: Late-Breaking Scientific Abstracts Posters: Airways, Obstructive Lung
Diseases, Bronch&CF
journal.chestnet.org
December 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Digital therapeutic for cough hypersensitivity as a treatable trait!
"By week 4 of the intervention, the mean hourly cough rate had fallen to 11.1 (41.8% reduction) and the mean hourly bout rate had fallen to 2.4 (41.5% reduction)."
journal.chestnet.org/article/S001...
"By week 4 of the intervention, the mean hourly cough rate had fallen to 11.1 (41.8% reduction) and the mean hourly bout rate had fallen to 2.4 (41.5% reduction)."
journal.chestnet.org/article/S001...
Continuous cough monitoring is a powerful new tool that is already improving cough research and patient care
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jtd.amegroups.org/article/view...
The value of continuous cough monitoring: a narrative review
The value of continuous cough monitoring: a narrative review
jtd.amegroups.org
December 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Continuous cough monitoring is a powerful new tool that is already improving cough research and patient care
jtd.amegroups.org/article/view...
jtd.amegroups.org/article/view...
Twenty-year study shows cleaner water slashes cancer and heart disease deaths
Participants who switched to safer wells had the same risk levels as people who were never heavily exposed.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Participants who switched to safer wells had the same risk levels as people who were never heavily exposed.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Arsenic Exposure Reduction and Mortality
This prospective cohort study uses data from adults enrolled between 2000 and 2002 in Araihazar, Bangladesh, to examine whether reductions in well-water arsenic exposure, measured using urinary arseni...
jamanetwork.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Twenty-year study shows cleaner water slashes cancer and heart disease deaths
Participants who switched to safer wells had the same risk levels as people who were never heavily exposed.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Participants who switched to safer wells had the same risk levels as people who were never heavily exposed.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Study shows seniors won’t let a little road trip stop them from getting care from a clinician they like
4.5k seniors data shows avg acceptable travel time to visit a PCP was 53 minutes: rural residents 61 min, urban 48 min.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
4.5k seniors data shows avg acceptable travel time to visit a PCP was 53 minutes: rural residents 61 min, urban 48 min.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Current and Maximum Acceptable Travel Times to Primary Care Among US Older Adults
This survey study examines thresholds of current and maximum acceptable travel times to primary care clinicians among older adults in the US.
jamanetwork.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Study shows seniors won’t let a little road trip stop them from getting care from a clinician they like
4.5k seniors data shows avg acceptable travel time to visit a PCP was 53 minutes: rural residents 61 min, urban 48 min.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
4.5k seniors data shows avg acceptable travel time to visit a PCP was 53 minutes: rural residents 61 min, urban 48 min.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Trilliant Health released a dataset of machine-readable hospital price transparency files with over 5B negotiated rates from 5,000+ hospitals across the country
oria-data.trillianthealth.com
oria-data.trillianthealth.com
Hospital MRF Data Directory
Hospital MRF Data Portal - Browse and query medical price transparency data
oria-data.trillianthealth.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Trilliant Health released a dataset of machine-readable hospital price transparency files with over 5B negotiated rates from 5,000+ hospitals across the country
oria-data.trillianthealth.com
oria-data.trillianthealth.com
New evidence supporting RPM - comparing 5,872 patients enrolled in a program with 11,449 matched controls across major health systems:
RPM group saw a significant reduction in total cost of care ($1,302 pppy), also had far fewer hospitalizations!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
RPM group saw a significant reduction in total cost of care ($1,302 pppy), also had far fewer hospitalizations!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The Impact of a Remote Patient Care Program on Health Care Costs and Utilization Among Medicare Patients With Chronic Disease
Remote patient monitoring coupled with technology-enabled, guideline-directed clinical care—or remote patient care (RPC)—has consistently led to impro…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
New evidence supporting RPM - comparing 5,872 patients enrolled in a program with 11,449 matched controls across major health systems:
RPM group saw a significant reduction in total cost of care ($1,302 pppy), also had far fewer hospitalizations!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
RPM group saw a significant reduction in total cost of care ($1,302 pppy), also had far fewer hospitalizations!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
94% of lung cancer cases in the U.S. could be detected if screening were made available for Americans between the ages of 40 and 85
~26,000 deaths could be prevented per year even if just 30% were screened.
JAMA Network Open
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~26,000 deaths could be prevented per year even if just 30% were screened.
JAMA Network Open
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Age-Based Screening for Lung Cancer Surveillance in the US
This cohort study examines the proportion, clinical characteristics, and survival of patients with lung cancer who meet or are excluded from the current US Preventive Services Task Force criteria.
jamanetwork.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
94% of lung cancer cases in the U.S. could be detected if screening were made available for Americans between the ages of 40 and 85
~26,000 deaths could be prevented per year even if just 30% were screened.
JAMA Network Open
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
~26,000 deaths could be prevented per year even if just 30% were screened.
JAMA Network Open
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Flu season could be nasty this winter. If you develop cough and wish to monitor its dynamics objectively - get the free CoughPro app on your smartphone and be objectively informed about your cough.
www.npr.org/2025/11/19/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/19/n...
Flu season could be nasty this winter
With a new flu virus variant circulating, scientists fear more sickness this winter. The vaccine may be slightly less effective, but doctors still urge getting one ASAP.
www.npr.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Flu season could be nasty this winter. If you develop cough and wish to monitor its dynamics objectively - get the free CoughPro app on your smartphone and be objectively informed about your cough.
www.npr.org/2025/11/19/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/19/n...
A new TB treatment that includes the antibiotic sorfequiline could improve cure rates and shorten treatment time by months, per new clinical trial results.
December 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A new TB treatment that includes the antibiotic sorfequiline could improve cure rates and shorten treatment time by months, per new clinical trial results.
Ultra-processed foods are linked to harm in every major human organ!
A recent @thelancet.com series.
www.thelancet.com/series-do/ul...
A recent @thelancet.com series.
www.thelancet.com/series-do/ul...
Ultra-Processed Foods and Human Health
This 3-paper Series reviews the evidence about the increase in ultra-processed foods in diets globally and highlights the association with many non-communicable diseases. This rise in ultra-processed ...
www.thelancet.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Ultra-processed foods are linked to harm in every major human organ!
A recent @thelancet.com series.
www.thelancet.com/series-do/ul...
A recent @thelancet.com series.
www.thelancet.com/series-do/ul...
Reposted by Mindaugas Galvosas, MD
Our new article overviews the field of continuous cough monitoring
Two Key Highlights of this narrative review are:
Two Key Highlights of this narrative review are:
December 1, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Our new article overviews the field of continuous cough monitoring
Two Key Highlights of this narrative review are:
Two Key Highlights of this narrative review are:
Our new article overviews the field of continuous cough monitoring
Two Key Highlights of this narrative review are:
Two Key Highlights of this narrative review are:
December 1, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Our new article overviews the field of continuous cough monitoring
Two Key Highlights of this narrative review are:
Two Key Highlights of this narrative review are:
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate! 🦃
November 27, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate! 🦃
Super interesting relationship - I wonder what’s the mechanism and what would continuous objective cough monitoring data show
November 27, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Super interesting relationship - I wonder what’s the mechanism and what would continuous objective cough monitoring data show
So many posts on Reddit where patients complain about their cough while being on GLPs, and many comments replying this is ‘silent reflux’… today’s JAMA publication is shedding more light on cough and its relationship to GLPs
Cough monitoring is the way to study this objectively
Cough monitoring is the way to study this objectively
November 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
So many posts on Reddit where patients complain about their cough while being on GLPs, and many comments replying this is ‘silent reflux’… today’s JAMA publication is shedding more light on cough and its relationship to GLPs
Cough monitoring is the way to study this objectively
Cough monitoring is the way to study this objectively
Reposted by Mindaugas Galvosas, MD
Use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (#GLP1RA) in adults with type 2 #diabetes was associated with an increased risk of new chronic cough compared with other second-line diabetes medications.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (#GLP1RA) in adults with type 2 #diabetes was associated with an increased risk of new chronic cough compared with other second-line diabetes medications.
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ja.ma/3XfGfHV
If you’re taking GLPs and thinking that your cough is getting worse - use the free wellness app CoughPro to monitor your cough objectively and have more informed conversations about that cough with your HCP!
November 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
If you’re taking GLPs and thinking that your cough is getting worse - use the free wellness app CoughPro to monitor your cough objectively and have more informed conversations about that cough with your HCP!
This is unexpected! Continuous cough monitoring can now provide objective insights on:
- cough baseline vs developing sustained/worsened cough
- cough patterns & severity (bouts, cough-free time)
Super curious what the objective results would show!
- cough baseline vs developing sustained/worsened cough
- cough patterns & severity (bouts, cough-free time)
Super curious what the objective results would show!
GLP-1 drugs may be associated with an increased risk of chronic cough
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists and Chronic Cough
This cohort study examines the clinical association between glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists and chronic cough.
jamanetwork.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This is unexpected! Continuous cough monitoring can now provide objective insights on:
- cough baseline vs developing sustained/worsened cough
- cough patterns & severity (bouts, cough-free time)
Super curious what the objective results would show!
- cough baseline vs developing sustained/worsened cough
- cough patterns & severity (bouts, cough-free time)
Super curious what the objective results would show!
Ligence from Lithuania 🇱🇹 announces that its AI-powered echocardiography software, Ligence Heart, has received FDA clearance!
ligence.io/ligence-hear...
ligence.io/ligence-hear...
Ligence Heart receives FDA 510(k) clearance - Ligence
Ligence Heart has received FDA 510(k) clearance. The clearance enables U.S. healthcare providers to generate reliable and reproducible cardiac measurements, addressing one of the most time-consuming s...
ligence.io
November 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Ligence from Lithuania 🇱🇹 announces that its AI-powered echocardiography software, Ligence Heart, has received FDA clearance!
ligence.io/ligence-hear...
ligence.io/ligence-hear...
This model for COPD exacerbations could allow for more individualised prognostic and therapeutic implications.
Digital longitudinal data is probably the most realistic way to operationalise B+A dimensions at scale by anchoring acuity in personalised baselines.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Digital longitudinal data is probably the most realistic way to operationalise B+A dimensions at scale by anchoring acuity in personalised baselines.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Multidimensional prognostic risk stratification of COPD exacerbations: the baseline, acuity, and trigger (BAt) model
Exacerbations punctuate the natural course of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD), posing a substantial burden on patients and health-care systems. Understanding
the severity of an acute exac...
www.thelancet.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 AM
This model for COPD exacerbations could allow for more individualised prognostic and therapeutic implications.
Digital longitudinal data is probably the most realistic way to operationalise B+A dimensions at scale by anchoring acuity in personalised baselines.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Digital longitudinal data is probably the most realistic way to operationalise B+A dimensions at scale by anchoring acuity in personalised baselines.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Study links long-term black carbon exposure to increased asthma, COPD risk
Findings highlight the need for targeted air quality regulations to reduce BC emissions. There's potential for longitudinal objective respiratory (eg cough) symptom monitoring.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Findings highlight the need for targeted air quality regulations to reduce BC emissions. There's potential for longitudinal objective respiratory (eg cough) symptom monitoring.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Long-term exposure to black carbon and incident asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults: The Danish Nurse Cohort
Air pollution is a known risk factor for chronic respiratory diseases, including asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, evi…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Study links long-term black carbon exposure to increased asthma, COPD risk
Findings highlight the need for targeted air quality regulations to reduce BC emissions. There's potential for longitudinal objective respiratory (eg cough) symptom monitoring.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Findings highlight the need for targeted air quality regulations to reduce BC emissions. There's potential for longitudinal objective respiratory (eg cough) symptom monitoring.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...