Anthony Patterson got lucky — twice. His first stroke of good fortune came in 2011, when a fall led him to the emergency room of a local hospital. While he was there, doctors noticed his heart wasn’t ...

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 ...

Blood Tests for Lung Cancer Researchers are looking for ways to find lung cancer earlier with a simple blood test. At the ...

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. This is partly because the disease is more often found late. By the time symptoms are detected, ...

Use of race-based reference equations in pulmonary function testing has led to thresholds for what qualifies as impairment in populations.

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 ...

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 ...

Guardant Health is joining in on the American Lung Association’s (ALA’s) push to raise awareness about lung cancer screening and biomarker testing. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends ...

Researchers used 6MWD to assess the association between physical function and the effectiveness of ART and anti-tubercular therapy in patients with HIV/TB co-infection. In patients with TB/HIV, higher ...