USA: Researchers have found in a new study that among people with cystic fibrosis (pwCF), handgrip strength (HGS) is associated with inspiratory muscle strength and percent-predicted forced ...

Sabari recommends regular activity, such as walking 30 minutes a day several times a week, to help maintain lung strength.

When appropriate, surgery remains the most effective treatment option for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), including for patients with COPD, said Friedberg, professor in the Department of Thoracic ...

In January 1985, following the December 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) had set up the ...

Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine have developed a tool that can identify airway mucus abnormalities in patients with ...

Joseph Dituri lived at the bottom of a 30ft deep lagoon in Key Largo, Florida, and his time beneath the surface had a major impact on his health.

Low-dose CT scan helps detect lung cancer early, improving survival. Learn who needs LDCT screening, its benefits, risks and how it saves lives.

Different fibrotic interstitial lung diseases share demographic and functional similarities despite having different causes.

In fibrotic ILD, desaturation recovery post 6MWT is linked to disease progression, baseline disease severity, and transplant-free survival.

A simple 3-biomarker score meaningfully improves risk stratification for both prevalent and incident rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-associated interstitial lung disease (ILD), supporting a targeted, ...

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic, progressive lung disease marked by irreversible fibrosis and poor prognosis. Growing disease awareness and improved diagnostics are expanding the ...

The FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research has accepted a letter of intent for the first biomarker for idiopathic ...