Boston, MA -- Doctors are gaining new leverage in the fight against lung injury caused by acid reflux. The paper by Bonnans et al., "Lipoxin A4 regulates bronchial epithelial cell responses to acid ...

VERIFY viewer Casey recently sent a text to our team asking if food can actually go down the wrong pipe. The medical term for food going down the wrong pipe is called aspiration, according to the ...

When a mouthful of water goes down the “wrong pipe”—heading toward the lungs instead of the gut—it triggers uncontrollable coughing. That’s because the upper airway senses the water and quickly ...

Share on Pinterest GLP-1 agonist drugs for weight management could lead to aspiration pneumonia after endoscopy, a recent study found. Image credit: UCG/Getty Images. Researchers at Cedars-Sinai have ...

New research from Cedars-Sinai suggests people who are scheduled for certain medical procedures should stop taking popular weight loss drugs in the days or weeks prior to avoid complications.

Despite aggressive perinatal treatment, meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) still remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in term and postterm infants (1). The clinical syndrome is ...

(WXYZ) — The Food and Drug Administration has updated labels for popular weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. A new warning highlights the risk of pulmonary ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has added a new warning to drugs including Ozempic and Wegovy, cautioning that patients taking the drugs may be at a higher risk of inhaling gastric contents into ...