Pulmonary hypertension is an increased blood pressure within the arteries of the lungs. Cross section of the Normal, and narrowing of blood vessels. Humans heart with hypertrophy of Right ventricle ...

Researchers looked at lung tissue from 28 COPD patients and 15 smokers who underwent surgery for suspected or confirmed lung ...

Research shows that digital inhalers equipped with remote monitoring capabilities may aid in predicting and identifying ...

UCLA researchers have successfully grown miniature lungs from stem cells—complete with their own functioning blood vessel ...

Scientists have discovered that people with COPD have lung cells that contain over three times as much soot-like carbon as those of smokers without the disease. These overloaded cells are larger ...

Quantitative CT textures may provide imaging evidence of the spatial heterogeneity of lung inflammation and disease burden in COPD.

It is becoming increasingly recognized that people with COPD have an elevated risk of serious CV events,1 discussed Hanania ...

The FDA recently approved mepolizumab for treating adults with inadequately controlled COPD and an eosinophilic phenotype, ...

Women aged 40 years and older have a 50% greater risk for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) vs men in the same age group, according to study findings published in BMJ Open Respiratory ...

Smoking, air pollution and several other factors have led to significant disparities in lung health across the U.S.

At first glance, some people seem to have recovered from COVID-19. They no longer test positive and can return to work or ...

A rare cell in the lining of lungs is fundamental to the organ-wide response necessary to repair damage from toxins like ...