Acute pulmonary embolism is rare during childhood and adolescence. The high pulmonary embolism-related fatality among ...

Finding it hard to breathe when you lay down is medically called orthopnea. Find a list of potential causes to help narrow down your overall risk here.

Air pollution is a well-known risk factor for respiratory diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...

The Sudan virus, a close relative of Ebola, has a fatality rate of 50% but remains poorly understood in terms of how it infects cells. Currently, no approved treatments exist.

Columnist Caroline Gainer has been sleeping a lot more than usual lately, so she investigates whether that's normal for ...

Injurious falls are common among people with COPD in the 2 years before death, with some medications tied to higher fall risk.

Looking back on the accomplishments of recent past presidents of CHEST, John A. Howington, MD, MBA, FCCP, hopes to “continue ...

Air pollution is a well-known risk factor for respiratory diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a condition that affects more than 14 million U.S. adults, is marked by damage ...

Thurner syndrome (MTS) is a clinicopathological condition where the left common iliac vein is compressed by the overlying right common iliac artery, potentially leading to deep vein thrombosis (DVT) ...

Research has shown the potential for artificial intelligence (AI) to assist in the diagnosis of conditions, like endometriosis, but what happens if the modeling is incorrect?

A first step into the newly renovated anatomy lab at FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine hits you with bracing cold. It's dark. Then lights turn ...