Good breathing is at the heart of good health. When asthma or shortness of breath appears, a person might be sent for pulmonary function tests. Arlene Dunlap of Piscataway, N.J. knows those tests well ...

Nurses across primary and community care settings have been urged to consider how to make spirometry more accurate and less ...

We often hear about LFT (Liver Function Test) for the liver and KFT (Kidney Function Test) for the kidneys. Similarly, ...

Diagnosing lung diseases is easier than it used to be with a new state-of-the-art pulmonary function machine recently installed at St. Luke's Hospital. A Vmax Series product from Sensor Medics is a ...

A phlegmy cough and shortness of breath are possible warning signs of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Keeping track of your symptoms and knowing your risk factors can help you test ...

SAN DIEGO – The elimination of race adjustments in lung-function testing could affect millions of people in the U.S. as they lose or gain eligibility for jobs and benefits due to reclassification of ...

If you think smoking is the only threat to your lungs, think again. Rising air pollution, occupational hazards, lifestyle choices, and, of course, smoking all put a significant strain on respiratory ...

Veterans Affairs department officials said Monday they have launched a study to determine how removing race from widely used lung function tests may affect disability benefits for veterans, and they ...

Removing a patient’s race from an equation used to assess lung function — a change called for by health equity advocates — would mean that the lung disease of nearly half a million Black Americans ...