Pulmonary function tests are a group of noninvasive breathing tests that measure how much air your lungs can hold, how quickly you can move air in and out and how efficiently your lungs transfer ...

IS LUNG HEALTH DAY, THOUGH MANY OF US TAKE BREATHING FOR GRANTED, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE STRUGGLE GETTING ENOUGH AIR DUE TO ASTHMA CONDITION THAT CAN BE DEADLY. AN ESTIMATED 262 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE ...

Good breathing is at the heart of good health. When asthma or shortness of breath appears, a person might be sent for pulmonary function tests. Arlene Dunlap of Piscataway, N.J. knows those tests well ...

A lung function test used to help diagnose asthma works better in the morning, becoming less reliable throughout the day, researchers have found. Using real world data from 1,600 patients, available ...

A woman presents with exertional dyspnea, wheezing, and intermittent dry cough, which has been ongoing for over the past 10 ...

At a session of the CHEST Annual Meeting 2021, specialists reviewed the need for a thorough diagnosis to tell whether a patient's symptoms are caused by asthma or another pulmonary condition. When is ...

Diagnosing lung diseases is easier than it used to be with a new state-of-the-art pulmonary function machine recently installed at St. Luke's Hospital. A Vmax Series product from Sensor Medics is a ...

Nearly 8% of Americans have asthma. Given that there’s no cure for the condition, it’s important that if you have it, you find ways to manage your breathing symptoms and limit your flare-ups in order ...

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