When a sickle cell pain crisis landed her in the hospital, columnist Mary Shaniqua soon identified the cause: getting two vaccines at once.

Spiropalm is the first and only portable spirometer designed to measure also ventilatory, SpO2 and HR parameters during the standardized “Six-Minute Walk Test” (6MWT).

Discover the inspiring story of the Fontan Choir, a choir of children with congenital heart conditions, who are improving their lung function through singing.

Some believe that there is a connection among climate change, ozone in outdoor air, and health effects, including asthma. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a report in 2020 ...

EasyOne Pro is the first lung function instrument to allow Single Breath DLCO measurement outside of the lung function laboratory.

As Krishna waits in the queue for the test, clutching his mother’s hand, his beanie now sliding down to almost cover his eyebrows, he watches the other children blowing into the mouthpiece of the ...

Introduction: Spirometry devices, which are components of many anaesthesia machines, are commonly used to assess lung mechanics during anaesthesia. Spirometry calibration usually adheres to ...

FVC requires your cooperation and effort, but it is safe. However, be sure to have medical supervision the first time you use a spirometer, the device used to measure your FVC. You could potentially ...

Your post-operative management may include breathing exercises with incentive spirometry—a procedure in which you breathe into a spirometer, a device that measures your inspiration and expiration so ...

Lung function tests used for analysis were performed in all the patients immediately before bronchoscopy. A computerised rolling seal spirometer (Sensor Medics 922, California, USA) was used to ...

Breathing synchronizes brain waves that support memory consolidation. A new study from Medicine reports that, much like a ...

Bronchitis affects the bronchial tubes, while pneumonia affects the lung air sacs. Without treatment, bronchitis can become pneumonia. You’re coughing, you’ve got a fever, and your chest feels ...