Use of race-based reference equations in pulmonary function testing has led to thresholds for what qualifies as impairment in populations.

Lung cancer is one of the major causes of cancer-related fatalities in the global society, particularly due to its late diagnosis in most cases. Early diagnosis has great benefits in terms of survival ...

The Lung Bus lands in Blacktown, offering mobile lung health checks targeting silica exposure and dust diseases ...

Cough sounds carry disease-specific acoustic signatures. By analysing these signatures using an AI-based algorithm, the ...

The median predicted survival age of a patient with cystic fibrosis in 2020 to 2024 was 65 years, a 19-year increase from ...

Blood tests are helpful for monitoring your overall health. But research suggests they can also give us clues about the ...

Air pollution cannot be eliminated by individual effort alone, but exposure can be reduced and lung injury can be slowed.

Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine have developed a tool that can identify airway mucus abnormalities in patients with chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), or ...

Travis Corbitt's struggles to breathe led to his retirement and reliance on an oxygen tank.

The Minns Labor Government maintains its commitment to protect workers from dust diseases with its $2.5 million state-of-the -art Lung Health Mobile Clinic which is providing lung health checks to ...

Early detection and prompt treatment of acute pulmonary embolism (PE), a sudden and potentially life-threatening blood clot that blocks arteries in the lungs, is critical. Comprehensive ...