Worried about lung health amid rising air pollution? A chest surgeon explains a simple breath-holding test you can try at ...

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Widely used lung function tests often fail to detect lung disease in Black patients, according to research — and experts are calling for new methods of testing. Spirometry, the most common lung ...

Diagnosing lung diseases is easier than it used to be with a new state-of-the-art pulmonary function machine recently installed at St. Luke's Hospital. A Vmax Series product from Sensor Medics is a ...

In the last two decades, there has been a rapid increase in cases of diseases like asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and lung cancer in many countries, including India. With the ...

Medical professionals suggest that a simple 'finger test' could help identify lung cancer in its early stages, potentially ...

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CLEVELAND — November is Lung Cancer Awareness month. The disease is the leading cause of cancer death around the world, and according to the American Lung Association, nearly a quarter of a million ...

MIT scientists have developed an easier method for diagnosing lung cancer – breathe in some inhalable nanoparticle sensors, then pee on a stick. Lung cancer is usually diagnosed through a CT scan, but ...

Removing a patient’s race from an equation used to assess lung function — a change called for by health equity advocates — would mean that the lung disease of nearly half a million Black Americans ...

To test for lung cancer, a person needs to get low-dose computed tomography screening, more commonly known as a CT scan. But that can be costly and time-consuming, just two reasons why less than 2% of ...

Barry Manilow's 70s and 80s hits have stood the test of time, making waves in recent social media videos from Instagram to ...