Check your Lung health: Doctor recommended 3 simple at-home tests

Your lungs work hard every day. Dr. Sudhanshu Rai shares three simple tests you can do at home to check your lung health.

Breakthrough breathalyzer test can quickly screen for lung cancer — here’s how it works

Researchers have developed a groundbreaking device that may one day make detecting lung cancer as easy as exhaling. “We built ...
Rheumatology Advisor

Impaired Lung Function Increases the Risk for Spondyloarthritis

Impaired lung function is associated with both the prevalence and incidence of SpA, with the strongest effects observed in axSpA and AS.
UPI

New blood test aims to gauge odds of lung issues like COPD

An experimental blood test could one day help identify people most likely to develop severe lung problems like COPD. The test reviews a panel of 32 proteins in blood that best predict people most ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Detection and Management of Autoimmune Disease–Associated Interstitial Lung Diseases

Interstitial lung disease (ILD) causes significant morbidity and mortality in patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases. Patients at high risk of ILD should be screened using ...
The Cardiology Advisor

Post-COVID-19, Most Patients With Ongoing Pulmonary Symptoms Have Normal PFTs

Most patients with persistent pulmonary symptoms after recovering from mild to moderate COVID-19 infection have normal pulmonary PFT results.

How a broken limb led to a non-smoker's lung cancer diagnosis a decade later

Leslie Stoll was an active athlete who had never smoked. She was shocked when a chance scan spotted something unusual.
Stars and Stripes

VA requiring veterans with rare lung illness to take tests that can fail to detect disease

WASHINGTON — A proposed rule at the Department of Veterans Affairs to make it easier for veterans with a rare lung condition to qualify for disability benefits is being criticized by some veterans and ...