The condition of our lungs can reveal a great deal about our wider health. Luckily you can also get them into better shape.

The most common way to assess lung age is through a spirometry test. In this procedure, a person takes a deep breath and then ...

Doctors caution that polluted air, second-hand smoke, and indoor cooking fuels are causing lifelong lung damage to children, ...

Examining a patient for common or complex pulmonary issues in a primary care setting takes time and expertise — physicians need to ask about symptoms and medical history and determine which tests to ...

Lung disease causes nearly 11% of deaths in India. And yet awareness and access to treatment remain poor. Myths and unequal ...

The Social Security Administration has tasked the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to review the latest published research and science and produce a report addressing best ...

SAN DIEGO – The elimination of race adjustments in lung-function testing could affect millions of people in the U.S. as they lose or gain eligibility for jobs and benefits due to reclassification of ...

Lung disease is no longer confined to smokers or the elderly. Children, women, and young adults in India’s polluted towns ...

Learn strategies to maximize lung function with ALS, including breathing exercises, ventilation options, and lifestyle adjustments.

Veterans Affairs department officials said Monday they have launched a study to determine how removing race from widely used lung function tests may affect disability benefits for veterans, and they ...

Removing race from equations that estimate lung function will shift the categorization of disease severity across patient populations, moving more Black individuals into an advanced disease category, ...

Removing a patient’s race from an equation used to assess lung function — a change called for by health equity advocates — would mean that the lung disease of nearly half a million Black Americans ...