COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, affects more than 30 million Americans, yet many have never heard of it. COPD ...

DURING SCREENING SEASON, which runs from March to December, LUCAS sets off on Mondays from the cancer institute in Morgantown ...

NHS bosses were told of the startling results, hidden by standards which hospitals need to follow, at a University Hospitals ...

Australia’s new lung cancer screen program further disadvantages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, who are ...

This updated asthma guideline establishes a consistent approach to improving asthma diagnosis and control in adults and children in the UK.

As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reconsiders the ban on asbestos, an Indiana man suffering from asbestosis ...

Patients with any of the following conditions were excluded: patients with treatment failure, patients with resistance to at least one antituberculosis drug, ongoing bacterial pneumonia or within the ...

Objective To conduct a systematic review investigating the normal age-related changes in lung function in adults without known lung disease. Design Systematic review. Data sources MEDLINE, Embase and ...

FEV1/FVC was significantly lower in young adults who had severe bronchiolitis during infancy vs those who did not. Severe bronchiolitis during infancy may contribute to irreversible airway obstruction ...

Australians living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are being exposed to greater health risks as the use of a critical diagnostic test has fallen dramatically, according to a new ...

Dr. Radhika Banka, Consultant, Respiratory Physician at PD Hinduja Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Mahim, told IndiaToday ...

In recent years the use of spirometric tests has rapidly increased in primary health care. Practice guidelines assign a central role to spirometry in the management of patients with chronic ...