In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers measured the impact of initial respiratory droplet volume and relative humidity (RH) on the environmental stability of respiratory ...

Severe COVID-19 raises lung cancer risk by 24%, study of 76 million Americans finds In A Nutshell People hospitalized with severe COVID-19 had roughly a 24 percent higher risk of developing lung ...

BARCELONA -- Eligible emphysema patients had similar levels of improvement whether treated with lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) or bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (BLVR) with valve placement, ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- For people with emphysema, breathing in is hard because the lungs can't expand properly. In this week's Moves in Medicine, we learn about a procedure letting some emphysema ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients who received an endobronchial valve vs. lung volume reduction surgery had significantly heightened odds ...

Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) is a treatment for end-stage lung disease caused by emphysema. Emphysema is a type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that causes shortness of breath ...

Diaphragm position on neonatal bedside chest radiograph appeared to be a poor surrogate for aerated lung volume and expansion, with a weak correlation to CT scan calculations. Bedside chest radiograph ...