Measuring lung function earlier in life would help identify people at risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and allow for more timely interventions, according to a new study ...

Examining a patient for common or complex pulmonary issues in a primary care setting takes time and expertise — physicians need to ask about symptoms and medical history and determine which tests to ...

SAN DIEGO – The elimination of race adjustments in lung-function testing could affect millions of people in the U.S. as they lose or gain eligibility for jobs and benefits due to reclassification of ...

Weakened lung function diagnosis can potentially be achieved sooner in the aging process with increased monitoring.

Your lungs work hard every day. Dr. Sudhanshu Rai shares three simple tests you can do at home to check your lung health.

Widely used lung function tests often fail to detect lung disease in Black patients, according to research — and experts are calling for new methods of testing. Spirometry, the most common lung ...

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 ...

The clinic is now open and accepting referrals at its new home in San Luis Obispo at 35 Casa St., Suite 360, near Adventist ...

Ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) provides a platform for testing therapies but faces challenges in standardizing drug evaluation. At AAPS PharmSci 360, Xuanzi Zhou says digital twins accurately predict ...

Following the course of lung function in treatment-naïve patients, researchers found that lung function decline does not accelerate prior to mechanical ventilation. Patterns in the decline of lung ...

Impaired lung function is associated with both the prevalence and incidence of SpA, with the strongest effects observed in axSpA and AS.