After waking up from the procedure, he told me he could take full breaths for the first time in years,” Dr. Mark Sigler said ...

One revolutionary device for promoting healthy lungs and enhancing lung capacity is the airociser ... and relaxes the body's muscles. So the reduction in the levels of cortisol (the stress ...

In French registry data, women waited 115 days for a lung transplant on average versus 73 days for men (P<0.001). Women were also less likely to receive a lung transplant (91.7% v ...

Inspiratory reserve volume is the maximum amount of additional air that can be taken into the lungs after a normal breath. Expiratory reserve volume is the maximum amount of additional air that ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a lung condition that you either develop ... Both affect your lungs in different ways. Asthma is not considered a type of COPD, but it is a chronic ...

Everybody’s vital lung capacity is different depending on factors such as their age and fitness levels. When you breathe in and out, the air pressure inside our lungs changes, allowing oxygen to ...

TLCO is mildly reduced although within normal limits when corrected for alveolar volume ... damage to the respiratory epithelium. Marijuana is associated with impaired lung function that may ...