Pulmonary function tests are a group of noninvasive breathing tests that measure how much air your lungs can hold, how quickly you can move air in and out and how efficiently your lungs transfer ...

Whether you’re reaching the summit of a mountain or coming to the end of a HIIT class, most of us will feel puffed out during exercise. You might have wondered how to increase lung capacity so that ...

New research has identified the mechanism by which air pollution damages the lungs’ self-cleaning system, leaving us vulnerable to infection. In doing so, it has also identified a way to reverse that ...

Humans can't live without lungs, but Ankit Bharat's patient did for 48 hours.

While medical headlines often focus on the biochemical underpinnings of disease, our body's biomechanics are equally crucial. A recent study explores how hypertension affects lung function, revealing ...

Researchers have genetically profiled nearly 200,000 cells from lungs, mapping their precise locations in tissue to discover an unexpected new immune niche in our airways The most comprehensive lung ...

A new method of scanning lungs is able to show the effects of treatment on lung function in real time and enable experts to see the functioning of transplanted lungs. This could enable medics to ...

Your lungs might be ageing faster than your body, a new study reveals. Factors like pollution, smoking, and infections accelerate lung decline, often before symptoms appear. Early detection through ...

Many people are confused about whether our lungs actually need external support to detox or if they are self-cleaning A Pulmonologist answers ...