The effect of pollution exposure on IPF severity and progression was not modified by MUC5B promotor polymorphism or telomere length. Long-term exposure to fine particulate matter is associated with a ...

Among 8- to 9-year-olds, those with vs. without maternal gestational diabetes mellitus exposure had two reduced measures of ...

“Patients with pulmonary edema generally describe breathlessness. Sometimes they feel like they are suffocating or breathing ...

"The air sacs in the lungs are a critical first barrier against infections in humans, but we've traditionally looked at them ...

Toby Maher, MD, PhD, professor of clinical medicine, Keck Medicine of USC, discusses the impact of changes in lung function in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). How does the rate of ...

"Small lung syndrome" is proposed to address persistent low lung volume linked with comorbidities, requiring a new ICD code for accurate diagnosis. Early intervention in lung function trajectories can ...

A unique program being offered at Presbyterian is helping patients catch their breath and improve their lung functions. Harmonicas for Health is a program introduced by the COPD (Chronic Obstructive ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A smartphone-based tool that employs acoustic sensing and machine learning techniques is set to undergo testing.

New research has identified the mechanism by which air pollution damages the lungs’ self-cleaning system, leaving us vulnerable to infection. In doing so, it has also identified a way to reverse that ...

Removing a patient’s race from an equation used to assess lung function — a change called for by health equity advocates — would mean that the lung disease of nearly half a million Black Americans ...