From the mysterious white flecks that sometimes appear on nails to unusual ridging or changes in thickness, what do these features really mean?

For now, her family has to hold her back because she is immunocompromised after getting her second double lung transplant in July. She was 2 years old and critically ill when she got her first.

People with COPD experience changes in their bodies. It starts with damage to the airways and tiny sacs in your lungs. That progresses to a wet cough and difficulty breathing, which can then get ...

The pleura (plural: pleurae) is a two-layered membrane that covers the lung. Between the layers is a small amount of lubricating fluid, known as pleural fluid, which helps cushion the lung and reduce ...

This action decreases pressure and increases the space in the thoracic cavity, allowing your lungs to expand as you inhale ... A healthy person can have some minor variations in the diaphragm's ...

An inhaler is a handheld device that delivers a puff or spray of these medicines straight into your lungs through a mouthpiece. Inhalers work faster than pills, which have to travel through your ...

Even small fitness improvements benefit those with advanced cancer stages or specific cancers like lung and digestive cancers. "Overall, cancer patients with high muscle strength or CRF levels ...

In its 2022 norms, NMC first allowed the appointment of candidates with MSc and PhD degrees as assistant professors in anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry while making a PhD degree in medical ...

They’re most commonly found in your lungs, but they can also be in other areas of your head and body. Doctors believe that they block the spread of organisms such as bacteria and fungi through ...

Scientists today hailed a breakthrough after discovering exactly how smoking can damage the lungs. Although rates in the UK are falling, the country's growing population means roughly 6.4million ...

The iron lung, conceptualized in the late 1920s, was most notably the first line of defense against polio during the epidemics that occurred between 1948 to 1955. The device saved the lives of ...

The hospital’s medical team successfully harvested five of Naveen’s organs, including kidneys, liver, lungs, heart, and corneas. Out of these, three organs were utilised for in-house patients ...