The COVID-19 pandemic engulfed the U.S. five years ago this month, leaving not only lingering mental health effects but also long-term physical symptoms. One of those included a condition known as ...

Results from an autopsy performed the next day revealed that Arakawa — a classical pianist — died at the age of 65 from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), which is linked to rodents.

Officials said Friday that Betsy Arakawa, the wife of Academy Award-winning actor Gene Hackman, died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome last month in the couple’s home in New Mexico. Hantavirus ...

Among them, combined tricuspid and pulmonary valve involvement was observed in 35 patients (81%). Severe carcinoid aortic valve regurgitation was diagnosed in two patients (5%) and severe mitral ...

Lung biopsy is a relatively frequently performed procedure with considerable benefit for patient management but it may, on rare occasions, result in the death of the patient. It is a multidisciplinary ...

For both research and clinical purposes, measures of lung involvement should ideally be (1) sensitive enough to detect abnormalities early and directly reflect changes in disease severity, either ...

For example, if breast cancer spreads to the lungs, it would be called breast cancer with metastasis to the lungs, or breast cancer with lung metastases. It wouldn't be called lung cancer because if ...

Stage 4 lung cancer means that cancer has spread from the lung to other parts of the body. Treatment may help slow its spread or manage your symptoms. Doctors stage lung cancer based on how far it ...

Surgery is the main treatment for typical carcinoid (TC) and atypical carcinoid (AC). These are types of lung neuroendocrine tumours (NETs). You might also have surgery for large cell neuroendocrine ...

Atelectasis can be due to tumors growing in lung tissue or an airway. Cancer develops when cells in a person’s body begin to divide uncontrollably. These abnormal cells can form tumors and cause ...

Feb. 6, 2025 — Scientists have created a new low-cost, fast response sensor to detect lung cancer biomarkers, paving the way for the development of screening devices to spot the disease even ...

Every year, 900,000 Americans are caught by surprise by the symptoms of a pulmonary embolism: a sudden shortness of breath, chest pain and a rapid heartbeat. Described by Dr. Talal Dahhan, Division ...