Their study has discovered that subtle changes in lung scarring over just one year, as measured by quantitative computed tomography imaging, are strongly linked to future lung-function decline and ...

In a new study of nearly 1,000 consecutive patients treated for lung cancer at Northwestern Medicine, researchers discovered ...

At 50 years old, my health began to deteriorate in ways no one could explain. For nearly two decades, I searched for answers. It wasn’t until I was 69 that I finally learned the truth: I have cystic ...

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a long-term, inflammatory lung condition that causes airflow obstruction and reduced lung function. In short, COPD makes it hard to breathe.

Background Bronchoscopic limitations in reaching peripheral pulmonary lesions (PPLs) can compromise biopsy sensitivity, ...

Pulmonary fibrosis—also known in technical terms as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)—is a rare but life-threatening ...

The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) today announced a new five-year strategic plan, The PFF is ME, a community-driven roadmap shaped by input from more than 350 people affected by pulmonary ...

Caleigh has struggled most of her life with a difficult lung disease, but she never lets it get the best of her.

Peak nasal inspiratory flow offers a feasible, noninvasive measure of nasal airflow obstruction in children with cystic ...

Pediatric patients with cystic fibrosis starting triple combination therapy had larger relative improvements in 129Xenon MRI ...

Yale School of Medicine (YSM) researchers have made key breakthroughs in understanding how to treat fibrotic diseases such as ...

Some cancers can spread to the lungs. While the appearance of nodules on a CT scan in a person with no known cancer would be unusual, if the CT scan in four weeks shows that the nodules are enlarging, ...