A month after contracting COVID-19 in January 2021, Nicholas Pastuovic was tired, had a severe cough, hot flashes and woke in ...
When providing health care for new immigrants and refugees, the world’s faraway conflicts fall sharply into focus ...
Claiming an estimated 1.6 million lives every year, lung cancer remains one of the most widespread and life-threatening ...
To best protect yourself, it’s important to know what pneumonia is, who is most at risk, what the early signs of it are and ...
Long-term changes in cardiac structure/function in patients with COPD varied by lung structure, with greater baseline WA linked to greater RV mass.
Patients living with emphysema experience shortness of breath because areas within the lungs are diseased and are holding trapped air (hyperinflation of the lung). This makes it difficult to inhale ...
A great deal can be learned about the lungs' mechanical properties from measurements of forced maximal expiration and inspiration. The spirometer (built-in 1846 by Hutchinson) measures ventilatory ...