For the first time, researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have successfully used a new X-ray method for respiratory diagnostics with patients. Dark-field X-rays visualize early ...

Pulmonary angiography is a test that studies blood flow in your lungs. Its purpose is to find problems such as pulmonary embolisms (blood clots in your lungs), stenosis (narrowed blood vessels), or ...

Hyperinflation of the lungs is a common complication of c hronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It happens when too much air gets trapped inside your lungs. When you can’t exhale properly, ...

Small-airway obstruction, which cannot be seen with conventional X-rays, was observed in a virtual chest X-ray enhanced by phase-contrast imaging, according to study results published in Proceedings ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a degenerative lung disease that causes obstructed airflow from the lungs and difficulty breathing. According to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Providence Holy Cross Medical Center is the first Providence hospital in the San Fernando Valley to offer a minimally ...

Ensifentrine significantly improved lung function after 12 weeks in patients with moderate to severe COPD with and without ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . With advanced X-rays and blood biomarkers, researchers have found how lung tissue scarring in patients with ...

The lung tissue of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease contains triple the sootlike particle buildup found in similar tissue in smokers’ lungs, a recent analysis finds. The study found ...

Few situations are more unsettling than not being able to breathe. Whether from a momentary injury that knocks the wind out of you, swimming underwater for too long or recovering after sprinting at ...