Aspiration pneumonia is a condition that often begins with an unexpected, everyday accident, something most people don’t realise can carry serious consequences. In a recent Instagram post, double ...

Medically reviewed by Kashif J. Piracha, MD Key Takeaways Pneumonia can be contagious if caused by viruses or ...

On a follow-up visit to the pulmonologist, she is told that she had a severe case of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), likely caused by her close work with children. However, the lack of positive ...

Practicing emergency room (ER) doctor Jeremy Faust, MD, editor-in-chief of MedPage Today, reacts to Episode 4's key cases, from a difficult-to-detect posterior heart attack to an unusual case of ...

You can get pneumonia through bacterial, fungal, or viral infections. You can also get aspiration pneumonia, which is when you inhale food, or hospital-acquired pneumonia. To prevent pneumonia, get ...

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a warning about the risk of pulmonary aspiration in patients using glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) or dual glucose-dependent ...