PHILADELPPHIA (WPVI) -- When emphysema develops, the lungs lose their ability for two-way airflow. A strategic surgery helps patients breathe easier, and it is drawing people here from far and wide to ...

The first randomized controlled trial to compare two different lung volume reduction procedures for people with emphysema has found that both lead to similar improvements in lung function, ...

Registry analysis suggests endoscopic lung volume reduction yields similar physiologic gains across sexes, but women report ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- For people with emphysema, breathing in is hard because the lungs can't expand properly. In this week's Moves in Medicine, we learn about a procedure letting some emphysema ...

Doctors sometimes recommend lung coils to help someone manage severe emphysema, especially when other treatments have been unsuccessful. Their benefits include increased lung volume, exercise capacity ...

Expiratory reserve volume is the amount of extra air above normal that you exhale during a forceful breath out. ERV is part of the data gathered in pulmonary function tests used to diagnose ...

What are pulmonary function tests? Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) are tests of lung function. They are intended to evaluate and monitor chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD is ...

NELSON was a population-based, randomized, controlled trial using volume-based, low-dose CT lung-cancer screening in men at high risk for developing lung cancer. The screening protocol in the NELSON ...

Earlier studies have shown that dose-escalated chemoradiation treatment with target volume restricted by ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) was safe and effective in ...

Air trapping occurs when air stays in the lungs instead of being fully exhaled. This causes overinflation of the lungs, making a person feel short of breath. It may be the result of lung disease or ...