Pulmonary angiography is a test that studies blood flow in your lungs. Its purpose is to find problems such as pulmonary embolisms (blood clots in your lungs), stenosis (narrowed blood vessels), or ...

Measuring lung function earlier in life would help identify people at risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and allow for more timely interventions, according to a new study ...

Hyperinflation of the lungs is a common complication of c hronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It happens when too much air gets trapped inside your lungs. When you can’t exhale properly, ...

Small-airway obstruction, which cannot be seen with conventional X-rays, was observed in a virtual chest X-ray enhanced by phase-contrast imaging, according to study results published in Proceedings ...

This simple diagram shows a healthy lung (left) and one with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD. (AdobeStock) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some ...

Few situations are more unsettling than not being able to breathe. Whether from a momentary injury that knocks the wind out of you, swimming underwater for too long or recovering after sprinting at ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . With advanced X-rays and blood biomarkers, researchers have found how lung tissue scarring in patients with ...