The study from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, led by Prof. Sheera Adar and her graduate student Elisheva Heilbrun-Katz ...

Spirometry was first invented in the 1840s by an English surgeon called John Hutchinson, who realised that lung volume or forced vital capacity was related to mortality. 185 years later, spirometry is ...

A team of researchers from the Sant Pau Research Institute (IR Sant Pau) has published a study in the Journal of ...

PM2.5 particles can bypass your upper airway defense mechanisms, including the mucus layer and hair-like cilia, which move mucus along ... including impairing lung function, causing asthma attacks and ...

With the World Health Organization estimating that over 20 million people died from the coronavirus pandemic, despite official records having reported more than 7 million deaths. As viruses replicate, ...

To diagnose chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), doctors typically use spirometry to measure your lung function. They usually also perform other tests to monitor the damage to your lungs.

Lung cancer liver metastases are tumors that form in the liver from cancer cells that have broken away from the primary cancer and spread through the blood or lymphatic system. The liver is a common ...

For a heart-lung machine to function, a surgeon must first insert cannulas (special tubes) into the patient's large blood vessels and heart. Next, a potassium solution called cardioplegia is flushed ...

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 ...

Researchers from Australia now believe that multiple chemicals found in cigarette smoke can alter the function of key immune cells in the lungs. Known medically as MAIT cells, they help fight ...

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 ...

Lung diseases are some of the most common medical conditions in the world. Tens of millions of people have lung disease in the U.S. alone. Smoking, infections, and genes cause most lung diseases.