Background: A 54-year-old man with a 22-year history of rheumatoid arthritis and an 8-year history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ... analysis of cultured Mycobacterium szulgai.

Lung cancer arises in tissues of the lung, usually in the cells lining air passages. The two main types are small-cell lung cancer and non-small-cell lung cancer, according to the shape of cells ...

The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) has launched “PF Basics: Info for Newly Diagnosed Patients,” a new educational program to help patients with pulmonary fibrosis (PF) and interstitial lung ...

Removing mucus from the lungs is an important part of managing certain health conditions, such as bronchiectasis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Too much mucus can block narrowed air ...

PulmoCheck is a Streamlit application designed to help users assess the risk factors associated with lung cancer based on various symptoms and patient data. This app provides tools for predictive ...

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a potentially life-threatening situation in which a blood clot becomes lodged in an artery of the lungs, causing the blockage of blood flow. As serious as PE is, its impact ...

Your risk of cancers of the mouth, throat, esophagus, and bladder is cut in half. Your stroke risk drops to that of a person who doesn't smoke. You are half as likely to die from lung cancer than a ...

The disease most commonly affects the lungs and can be fatal if not treated. However, most infected individuals show no disease symptoms. One third of the world s population is thought to have ...