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 ...

A recent study published in the journal of Radiology showed that dynamic chest radiography (DCR) may serve as an effective ...

Researchers review pulmonary function testing measures that span 4 categories that can assess the respiratory muscle dysfunction that happens in diseases like spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Muscle ...

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 ...

For decades, clinical algorithms that were used to diagnose disease have included race as a variable. Over the past several years, growing recognition that this may lead to diagnoses being entirely ...

SELLERSVILLE, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- A nagging cough or congestion might not mean much to most of us. But it can be serious for those with lung conditions. Exercise testing can help specialists find ...

Worried about lung health amid rising air pollution? A chest surgeon explains a simple breath-holding test you can try at home and shares the medical lung tests doctors recommend to detect early ...

Among 8- to 9-year-olds, those with vs. without maternal gestational diabetes mellitus exposure had two reduced measures of ...