Robotic bronchoscopy can help diagnose spots in the lungs when they are still small, catching cancer sooner and saving many ...

Blood clots form in response to signals from the lungs of cancer patients—not from other organ sites, as previously ...

The following is a summary of “Multidisciplinary Center Care for Long COVID Syndrome–A Retrospective Cohort Study,” published in the January 2025 issue of Pulmonology by Bailey et al. Researchers ...

Thurner syndrome (MTS) is a clinicopathological condition where the left common iliac vein is compressed by the overlying right common iliac artery, potentially leading to deep vein thrombosis (DVT) ...

In idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) patients, alveolar epithelium architectures are persistently lost and lung gas transfer function would ... the surface of the airway should be smooth with normal ...

Keep in mind that blood sugar targets may vary based on characteristics such as age, lifestyle factors and more; there is no universal “normal” blood sugar level. Instead, the information in ...

ACC's CardioSmart is holding a challenge to educate Fellows in Training (FITs) about the importance of shared decision-making. An essential component of the patient-clinician relationship, shared ...

Current diagnostic procedures include chest X-rays and examining the lungs using a bronchoscope, a sort of pulmonary telescope. But often these are done only after symptoms have arisen.

A normal reading is less than 120 mm Hg systolic and 80 mm Hg diastolic, which doctors write as “less than 120/80 mm Hg.” The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute define low blood ...

PAH is a progressive and life-threatening disease in which the blood pressure in the pulmonary arteries (those that carry blood from the heart to the lungs) is abnormally high. This is often ...

A man who was diagnosed with a deadly lung cancer says he almost ignored ... about the 'old days', he eventually underwent another X-ray in March 2023 which came back clear, however, the grandad ...