The following is a summary of "Heme-induced lung injury in human precision-cut lung slices: a new model for acute lung injury ...

Chest drains are routinely used after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lung resections to evacuate fluid and air from the pleural space.

The 3D brain map includes more than 200,000 cells, 523 million synapses and over two miles of axons, representing the most detailed wiring diagram of a piece of mammal brain ever constructed ...

Essential tips to protect your lungs and maintain respiratory health 7 Important things to keep in mind to protect your lungs ...

Lung cancer prognosis tends to be better for people diagnosed in earlier stages of the disease. Once you have received a diagnosis and the type of cancer has been identified, your healthcare provider ...

It creates surface tension that helps maintain the position of the lungs in the chest cavity. The pleurae also serve as a division between other organs in the body, preventing them from interfering ...

Researchers have found a potential new way to slow the progression of lung fibrosis and other fibrotic diseases by inhibiting the expression or function of Piezo2, a receptor that senses ...

Struggling with long COVID symptoms? New research confirms that pulmonary rehabilitation can restore lung function, reduce fatigue, and improve quality of life—especially with targeted exercises ...

product use–associated lung injury (EVALI). Among the 1139 patients with EVALI discharged on or before October 31, 2019, 31 (2.7%) were rehospitalized a median of 4 days after discharge and with ...

A graph I saw in high school appeared to show the Earth breathing. It was a graph that plotted carbon dioxide in the atmosphere over the course of the 20th century and into the 21st. CO₂ had ...

Researchers found that aggressive lung cancer cells can develop an independent electrical network, enabling them to fuel their own growth and spread, similar to neural activity. They also discovered ...