The condition of our lungs can reveal a great deal about our wider health. Luckily you can also get them into better shape.

A lung function test used to help diagnose asthma works better in the morning, becoming less reliable throughout the day, Cambridge researchers have found. Using real world data from 1,600 patients, ...

Doing targeted COPD case finding as part of NHS lung cancer checks could save £33m over the next decade, research has shown.

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Though there is a natural decrease in lung function as you age, it's not the only factor that can impact your cardiorespiratory fitness. Getting short of breath while exercising may seem like a given ...

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 ...

Most common lung function test misses lung disease in many Black Americans Northwestern University's Dr. Gabrielle Liu talks about why the most common lung function test fails to detect lung disease ...

A new blood test will be offered to lung cancer patients in a move that NHS England says will benefit about 15,000 people each year. The test, known as a liquid biopsy, is designed to speed up access ...

The UK National Health Service (NHS) England has rolled out a new liquid biopsy test intended to fast-track lung cancer patients to receive targeted therapy. Liquid biopsy testing works by detecting ...