Lung nodules are small growths in your lungs, less than 30 millimeters in diameter. Many nodules aren’t cancerous, but the risk becomes higher with increased size. A lung nodule is an irregular ...

Lung cancer starts in your lungs and can spread to other parts of your body. There are more than 20 kinds of lung cancer. Some other conditions can have similar warning signs to lung cancer. It ...

"We have detailed their characteristics, origin, location in the damaged lung, the signals they require to function, and ...

[65] Future studies of the rate of alveolar fluid clearance in children and adults with ARDS are necessary in order to determine whether alveolar fluid clearance is better preserved in children ...

A pulmonary bleb is a small collection of air between the lung and the outer surface of the lung (visceral pleura) usually found in the upper lobe of the lung. When a bleb ruptures the air escapes ...

Sep. 19, 2024 — Scientists are now able to directly compare the different kinds of injury that mechanical ventilation causes to cells in the lungs. In a new study, using a ventilator-on-a-chip ...

June 13, 2024 — The reason why targeted treatment for non-small cell lung cancer fails to work for some patients, particularly those who have never smoked, has been ... Lung Cancer Study Offers ...

If you have a nagging cough, feel bubbling or wheezing in your chest, and can’t catch your breath, you may have some form of a lung infection, also known as pneumonia. This WebMD slideshow tells ...

The Lung Institute provides comprehensive diagnostics and treatments to patients with illnesses that affect the lungs and breathing, including lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ...

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and there is overlap between the regulation of postnatal lung development and inflammatory, apoptotic, alveolar fluid clearance, and repair mechanisms. Therefore, there is a different biological ...