Researchers review pulmonary function testing measures that span 4 categories that can assess the respiratory muscle dysfunction that happens in diseases like spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Muscle ...

Demyelination is a common pathological feature of central nervous system (CNS) diseases, and its early detection is important for the diagnosis of neurological disorders; therefore, simple detection ...

To compare early pulmonary function tests (PFTs) in neonates with critical congenital heart disease (CHD) compared to a historical reference group. PFTs in 24 infants with CHD were compared to 31 ...

In a recent study posted to the Preprints with The Lancet SSRN* server, researchers evaluated the impairment of pulmonary function in individuals suffering from post-acute sequelae of coronavirus ...

Restrictive lung diseases are chronic conditions that limit the lungs’ ability to expand during inhalation. This reduces the amount of air that the person can breathe in. Restrictive lung diseases can ...

Rate of decline on a single test of respiratory function predicted how quickly respiratory failure would occur in ALS patients, and how long they would survive. In the November 27 JAMA Neurology, ...

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) can cause severe lower respiratory tract infections, particularly in newborns and older ...

Wearing face masks has been recognized as one of the most effective ways to prevent the spread of COVID-19, even in its coming endemic phase. Apart from the conventional function of masks, the ...

ICS-containing inhalers are commonly prescribed to patients after acute respiratory tract infections, often without diagnostic evaluation.

Familial pulmonary fibrosis represented 13% of fibrotic ILD overall, with higher proportions in IPF (18%) and unclassifiable ILD (15%) than in SARD-ILD (9%). Across diagnostic subgroups, familial ...

Researchers at Kumamoto University in Japan have discovered that uric acid, an antioxidant, protects against declining lung function from age or lung disease, especially in women. High uric acid ...

Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...