The team's total artificial lung system, or TAL, bought the man precious time until a double lung transplant was viable.

When the infection is so severe that the lungs are melting, they’re irrecoverably damaged," said thoracic surgeon Ankit ...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6, 2022 – Alveoli are the basic functional units of the human respiratory system, acting as tiny air sacs that exchange gases. Air inhaled through the mouth and nose flows into the ...

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 ...

You may understand the respiratory and digestive systems as separate entities but, in many ways, the two are intimately connected. For example, breathing provides oxygen to help your digestive tract ...

Cold weather, low humidity, and pollution place continuous stress on the respiratory system during the winter months.

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