Feb. 6, 2025 — Despite new medication, cystic fibrosis often leads to permanent lung damage. Researchers have discovered that the disease causes changes in the immune system early in life ...

Learn More Causes and Risk Factors of COPD How is COPD diagnosed? If a patient has symptoms suggestive of COPD (e.g., persistent or worsening shortness of breath), the diagnosis can be confirmed with ...

This inspiratory obstruction at the thoracic inlet was associated with gross hyperinflation of the lungs and a low diaphragmatic position ... may account for the peripheral edema that occurs in ...

This requires not only better understanding of airway pathophysiology but also an enhanced ability to make physiological measurements of disease activity and lung function and, if we are to impact on ...

Finding it hard to breathe when you lay down is medically called orthopnea. Find a list of potential causes to help narrow ...

Teamwork: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Early Lung Cancer: Beyond Standard of Care NYU lung cancer specialists discuss advances in adjuvant therapy for non–small cell lung cancer, including ...

A rare lung condition has left the 41-year-old, who lives in Halcombe in the Manawatū district, relying on an oxygen tank to ...

Lung cancer arises in tissues of the lung, usually in the cells lining air passages. The two main types are small-cell lung cancer and non-small-cell lung cancer, according to the shape of cells ...

The Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria has said Nigeria is not yet in a hyperinflation economy and warned corporates to adopt International Accounting Standard 29 in preparing their financial ...

A lung biopsy involves the removal of tissue or growths from the lungs. A doctor will use special devices, such as a fine needle, to remove the sample. A lung biopsy can help diagnose lung ...