"Nurses kept coming by to see him because usually people don't live through his specific type of break. He had to have a halo for a while (think Regina George after the bus), and recovery was not fun, ...

Background Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the leading congenital cause of death in newborns worldwide. Approximately ...

The lung age reflects how well your lungs are performing compared to the average lung function of a healthy person of a similar age.

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare disease associated with high mortality due to right ventricular dysfunction. During PAH diagnostic workup, pulmonary function tests (PFTs) are essential ...

The Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research (FSR) has awarded four grants in the amount of $100,000 each to Dr. Christen Vagts from the University of Illinois at Chicago, Dr. Chieh-Yu Lin from Washington ...

Background Up to half of patients with infective endocarditis (IE) require cardiac surgery. Although anaemia is common, its ...

If you have scarring in your lungs, you may have been diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis. When the reason for this scarring is unknown, your condition is called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). You ...

Of the 43% of study participants without pre-existing lung conditions, 70% had normal PFTs, 16% had obstructive pattern, 12% restrictive pattern, and 2.3% mixed pattern. After recovering from mild to ...

Credit: Getty Images The road to race-neutral pulmonary function testing has been long and evolving; now, ATS recommends this approach and a Boston hospital offers an implementation model. In July, ...