However, the poor documentation does not necessarily mean that these techniques are ineffective. In adults with acute lung injury or collapsed lungs during anesthesia, lung recruitment maneuvers can ...

Air quality is an important but often ignored part of staying healthy. Every breath we take can carry tiny particles and ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – In a fight against respiratory infections, the body typically produces a little fluid to help the lungs generate a productive cough. But new research suggests that the influenza virus ...

Researchers have determined what happens at a cellular level as the lung alveolus forms and allows newborns to breathe air. Understanding this process gives researchers a better sense of how to ...

Lung cancer is a type of cancer that starts in or spreads to the lungs. Lung cancer is the No. 1 type of cancer that kills both men and women, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Eleanor Ceres found out she had lung cancer after the tumor spread from her chest and began protruding out her neck. Born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa, Ceres has been smoking for over 30 ...

Over the years we’ve seen wearables measuring every aspect of your body, but lung capacity is more esoteric than most. Sylvee is a brand new wearable from Respira Labs which continuously measures lung ...

Vatican officials now say that the new Pope Francis lost just part of a lung to disease as a young man, and that the injury has never affected his work. Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires ...

Today, “bronchoalveolar carcinoma” is an obsolete term. In 2011, leading international and U.S. lung health organizations restructured the classification system of a group of lung cancers called ...

People with lung conditions have taken part in a festive singalong to raise money for charity and help their own health. The ...