Air pollution is the second leading risk factor for death globally, with most of the world population subject to harmful air ...

Granulomas are groups of inflamed tissue that can affect how organs work. Sarcoidosis occurs most often in the lungs and lymph nodes. But it can occur in almost any organ. Sarcoidosis in the lungs is ...

Too much respiratory effort can injure both the lung and the diaphragm, whereas too much ventilator support with unduly high ...

Pregnancy is a time of remarkable transformation — physically, emotionally and mentally. As your body adapts to support and ...

newcastle.ac.uk Background: Aberrant epithelial repair is a key event in the airway remodelling which characterises obliterative bronchiolitis (OB) in the transplanted lung. The potential ...

A study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) in collaboration with the Clínic-IDIBAPS, has shown, for the first time, how lung capacity evolves from childhood to old age.

At first, a person may feel a burning sensation in their lungs. If they hold their breath long enough, the muscles in their diaphragm will begin to contract to try to force breathing, which can ...

ABSTRACT: Background: Changes in body position are associated with changes in functional residual capacity, elastic recoil pressure, and total lung capacity (TLC). Exponential analysis over the entire ...

Air is a basic necessity for us human beings. We breath approximately 10,000 litres ... The smaller particles [PM2.5] are the most dangerous and can get into the lungs and even to the blood. They are ...