• A major goal of asthma care is to reduce exacerbations. Recent secondary analysis of clinical trials suggest that blood eosinophils (BEC) and exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) have significant weight in ...

A new study to be presented at the SLEEP 2024 annual meeting is the first to find that episodic hypoxemia and hypoxic burden related to obstructive sleep apnea are associated with the risk of ...

World renowned pulmonologists and experts in respiratory medicine from the Mount Sinai Health System in New York City will present new research at the American Thoracic Society (ATS) 2024 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Picture this: Your doctor orders an imaging test like a chest X-ray in preparation for an upcoming procedure, and the results show ...

Research findings are mixed, but several studies link both short and long sleep duration with a higher risk of lung cancer than a moderate amount of sleep. Lung cancer and its treatment can disrupt ...

Imagine you go to the healthcare provider because you have a bad cough, or maybe you fell and hurt your ribs. They want to make sure your chest is okay, so they take an X-ray or a scan. A few days ...

A new study of more than 10,000 non-smoking adults found that solid lung nodules were present in a considerable portion of study participants. Non-smokers are traditionally thought to be at low risk ...

Benign lung nodules can have a few different causes. These include current and past infections in the lungs and inflammation in the body from a condition like rheumatoid arthritis. A lung nodule is a ...

Lung nodules are common and usually develop after an injury or infection. However, in a small number of cases, they may be a sign of lung cancer. Lung nodules can vary in size and shape. They can ...

A solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) is an isolated lung growth surrounded by normal tissue. Most SPNs are benign (not cancerous) when they're diagnosed. However, some nodules that enlarge and change ...