Since January 2024, dozens of tuberculosis cases have been found around Kansas City. TB may seem like a disease of the ...

Lung biopsy is a relatively frequently performed procedure with considerable benefit for patient management but it may, on rare occasions, result in the death of the patient. It is a multidisciplinary ...

Lung cancer screening aims to find lung cancer early. This is when there are more treatment options available and there is the best chance of treating it successfully. In the UK, the National ...

Objectives To investigate the sex-specific association between smoking and lung cancer. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. Data sources We searched PubMed and EMBASE from 1 January 1999 to 15 ...

For both research and clinical purposes, measures of lung involvement should ideally be (1) sensitive enough to detect abnormalities early and directly reflect changes in disease severity, either ...

For now, her family has to hold her back because she is immunocompromised after getting her second double lung transplant in July. She was 2 years old and critically ill when she got her first.

Lung cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in the United States and a leading cause of cancer deaths. However, the timeline of how the disease progresses can vary based on several factors.

People with COPD experience changes in their bodies. It starts with damage to the airways and tiny sacs in your lungs. That progresses to a wet cough and difficulty breathing, which can then get ...

During a physical exam, for example, your clinician may check your lung capacity. Vaping, much like smoking, can affect your overall lung health. They may also ask you questions about your tobacco ...

The usual reason is that the infection causing her cold sparks off asthma in her lungs. You cannot stop her catching colds at this age as she needs to be mixing with other children and she ...

This new lung disease AI model gives us a clue as to what is yet to come, with it able to correctly identify nuances that differentiate, for example COVID-19 from pneumonia.