Pulmonary function tests are a group of noninvasive breathing tests that measure how much air your lungs can hold, how quickly you can move air in and out and how efficiently your lungs transfer ...

Sabari recommends regular activity, such as walking 30 minutes a day several times a week, to help maintain lung strength.

Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine have developed a tool that can identify airway mucus abnormalities in patients with ...

When appropriate, surgery remains the most effective treatment option for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), including for patients with COPD, said Friedberg, professor in the Department of Thoracic ...

Sabari — editor-in-chief of CURE, assistant professor at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, and director of High Reliability Organization Initiatives at Perlmutter Cancer Center — discussed how various ...

Humans can't live without lungs, but Ankit Bharat's patient did for 48 hours.

A retrospective study finds that more than one third of patients with stage I-IIIA non-small cell lung cancer do not undergo ...

Subset analysis of patients whose ALS did not progress from a long-term survival study showed NP001 saved lung function and extended life by 22 months vs. a control group (~70% on riluzole) NP001 ...

By Dr. Priyom Bose, Ph.D. By replacing both breathing and circulatory buffering, a novel artificial lung bought critical time after lung removal, revealed irreversible damage, and made transplantation ...

LONDON, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- A groundbreaking case published this week in the journal Med reported the successful use of an external, artificial lung system to sustain a critically ill patient for 48 ...