A new study shows that a simple measurement from routine chest X-rays can help predict survival among patients with lung ...

Jen was a busy nurse, wife, mother and friend when she first started experiencing the symptoms that would eventually lead to ...

Doctors use lung diffusion tests to measure how well a person’s lungs exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide. The test can detect lung damage and help diagnose lung conditions, including emphysema and ...

Pulmonary function testing is used to measure the function of the lungs, as well as diagnose or monitor the progression of respiratory conditions. Image Credit: Minerva Studio / Shutterstock.com There ...

Researchers review pulmonary function testing measures that span 4 categories that can assess the respiratory muscle dysfunction that happens in diseases like spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Muscle ...

Body plethysmography is testing that's done to determine how much air your lungs can hold. It goes by other names, too, such as pulmonary plethysmography, static lung volume determination, or ...

Noyes Health has opened a newly renovated Pulmonary Clinic in Dansville, expanding access to specialty healthcare services.

Pulmonary functional capacity in 23 Brazilian quadriplegic subjects (ASIA A), aged 30 (9.5) years, weight 66 (10.75) kg, height 176 (7) cm, was investigated at 42 (64) months postinjury. Subjects ...

Background Preterm birth is associated with lifelong respiratory sequelae, yet our understanding of lung function trajectories across the lifespan remains limited. We aimed to identify patterns of ...

Exercise tolerance reflects the ability to sustain physical activity and is influenced by cardiovascular, pulmonary, and ...

Echocardiographic View of the Heart in a Patient with Sickle Cell Disease and Pulmonary Hypertension 0m 3s The inheritance of two copies of a mutant β-globin gene, one from each parent, is the ...