The breath-holding test provides a fast method to evaluate your lung capacity together, with breathing control abilities.

What are pulmonary function tests? Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) are tests of lung function. They are intended to evaluate and monitor chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD is ...

For lung resection candidates, adding cardiopulmonary exercise testing parameters to basic clinical data and pulmonary function tests did not yield a significant improvement in machine learning models ...

Measuring lung function earlier in life would help identify people at risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Long-time smokers and former smokers are eligible to be screened every year for lung cancer. But Temple Health says adding a simple test could tell doctors so much more.

Public health experts from some of the nation's leading research institutions have deployed a large medical trailer to rural parts of the South to test and survey thousands of local residents. The ...

Precision medicine has shown great potential to improve treatment outcomes and prolong survival of patients with lung cancer, as biomarker-driven therapies continue to extend their reach in this space ...

As air pollution in Stockholm has decreased, so has the lung capacity of children and adolescents has improved, a new study reports. The researchers consider the results important, since the lung ...

Ahram Online joined experts in Cairo on 5 December for the ninth International Association for Chest and Lung Tumours (ONTIC) ...

As air pollution in Stockholm has decreased, so has the lung capacity of children and adolescents has improved, a new study published in the European Respiratory Journal reports. The researchers from ...