Prior to the plethysmograph—an enclosure that a person enters to help ascertain the state of their lungs—the only way to determine lung capacity was using a spirometry device where a patient takes a ...

Over the years we’ve seen wearables measuring every aspect of your body, but lung capacity is more esoteric than most. Sylvee is a brand new wearable from Respira Labs which continuously measures lung ...

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 ...

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, ...

An inexpensive web-enabled device for measuring lung function in patients with asthma and other disorders is being developed by researchers at Texas Instruments, in Bangalore, India, and co-workers.

Novel CT-based tools and AI models effectively detect lung volume and fibrosis changes in IPF patients treated with ENV-101. ENV-101 treatment resulted in significant increases in lung volume and ...

Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) is a treatment for end-stage lung disease caused by emphysema. Emphysema is a type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that causes shortness of breath ...

Lung cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in the UK. It causes symptoms such as persistent cough, coughing up blood, and feeling short of breath. People in the early stages of the disease ...

Dear Doctor K: My doctor thinks I may have asthma. He wants to do a pulmonary function test. What can I expect? Dear Reader: Pulmonary function testing examines different aspects of how your lungs ...