Mold is a silent threat, often going unnoticed as it quietly harms health. What's concerning is that exposure to mold during early childhood leaves its mark way into adolescence. In a study published ...

Mold is a silent threat, often going unnoticed as it quietly harms health. What's concerning is that exposure to mold during early childhood leaves its mark way into adolescence. In a study published ...

The combined actions of elastin, collagen and surface tension, along with a supporting network of muscles and connective tissues, create lung capacity. This is the total volume of air in the lungs ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mean FEV 1 and FVC percent predicted changed with use of race-neutral vs. race-specific equations. The impact of ...

Italy: A new cross-sectional study published in Respiratory Research has highlighted a significant association between vertebral fractures and impaired lung function in patients with ...

What are pulmonary function tests? Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) are tests of lung function. They are intended to evaluate and monitor chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD is ...

Vertebral fractures — quantified using the spinal deformity index — were associated with lower percent predicted and absolute values of forced vital capacity (FVC) and total lung capacity (TLC) in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Deployment-related distal lung disease was frequently reported among veterans. Lung function following ...

Researchers compared relapse risks among patients with stable Sjögren disease-associated interstitial lung disease who continued vs withdrew glucocorticoid therapy.

Dear Doctors: I recently started going to a yoga class at our community center. We were doing deep breathing, and it felt like my lungs weren’t filling up as much as they used to. Do your lungs get ...