Goodpasture syndrome is a very rare and potentially life-threatening ... may not be able to have a kidney biopsy until their condition becomes more stable. A lung biopsy is usually not as effective a ...

BACKLOGS in lung cancer biopsy test results are putting thousands ... that will target the specific genetic variants of their disease. These ‘new generation’ precision drugs can potentially ...

Quantitative assessment of the proliferative response of bronchoalveolar mononuclear cells to specific agents is a useful diagnostic test; a well-studied example is chronic beryllium disease.

The 1 fatal case in our series occurred in 1957, when a young woman with systemic lupus erythematosus and the nephrotic syndrome died shortly after the biopsy procedure. Although blood-volume ...

Scarring from a brain biopsy can vary depending on the procedure and location of the biopsy. Seizure is a common symptom of a brain scar, which can sometimes develop after a brain biopsy.

Action Plan to Help Patients With Lung Disease Cope With Wildfire Smoke Aug. 19, 2024 — A multidisciplinary team has developed an action plan to help patients with respiratory diseases mitigate ...

Amgen is discontinuing a lung disease program after its investigational small molecule failed to hit any of the primary or secondary endpoints in a midstage study. The asset at play is ...

Le Bonheur and University of Tennessee Health Science Center physicians Jonathan D. Finder, MD, and Terri Finkel, MD, PhD, ...

The good news is, with advanced medical technologies, physicians now are better able to discover and treat diseases in their ...

I'm here to reiterate that anybody who has lungs is at risk of getting lung cancer." The US' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that between 10 and 20% of lung cancers occur in ...