St. Vincent’s Riverside is now offering a breakthrough treatment for patients diagnosed with chronic pulmonary obstructive ...

A vitamin found in eggs and milk could hold the key to curing the potentially fatal lung disease emphysema, new research has revealed. British scientists have found that retinoic acid, a ...

You may experience symptoms such as cough, sleepiness, breathlessness, chest condition, and slow walking with emphysema or bronchitis. A spirometry test is one way to distinguish the type of lung ...

By analyzing multiple emphysema and COPD patient datasets, SPP1 is significantly upregulated in the lungs of patients, ...

David Lynch’s cause of death has been confirmed weeks after the “Twin Peaks” mastermind died just days before his 79th birthday.

Citation: Findings suggest lung volume reduction surgery for emphysema may have better outcomes than previously reported (2025, January 27) retrieved 21 February 2025 from https://medicalxpress ...

To study further the possible benefit of steroid treatment, we have investigated in a double-blind, controlled manner the effect of prednisone in 10 patients with severe pulmonary emphysema.

St. Vincents states that more than 15 million Americans suffer from the disease, with 3.5 million also diagnosed with emphysema, which is life-threatening with no cure. The new treatment ...