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 ...

Pulmonary diagnostic tests are a series of tests which evaluate how well the lungs are performing. These tests may be performed to help diagnose disease, monitor disease progression or therapeutic ...

Good breathing is at the heart of good health. When asthma or shortness of breath appears, a person might be sent for pulmonary function tests. Arlene Dunlap of Piscataway, N.J. knows those tests well ...

Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine have developed a tool that can identify airway mucus abnormalities in patients with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Full pulmonary function tests contribute useful diagnostic information for evaluating patients with ...

A phlegmy cough and shortness of breath are possible warning signs of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Keeping track of your symptoms and knowing your risk factors can help you test ...

Abnormally high levels of lung-injury biomarkers in the blood after COVID-19 infection may flag patients at risk for ongoing lung disease, an Imperial College London–led study suggests.

NEW YORK (AP) — Racial bias built into a common medical test for lung function is likely leading to fewer Black patients getting care for breathing problems, a study published Thursday suggests. As ...

The FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research has accepted a letter of intent for the first biomarker for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis into its Biomarker Qualification Program, according to a press ...

Removing a patient’s race from an equation used to assess lung function — a change called for by health equity advocates — would mean that the lung disease of nearly half a million Black Americans ...