A new method of scanning lungs is able to show the effects of treatment on lung function in real time and enable experts to see the functioning of transplanted lungs. This could enable medics to ...
After your final cigarette, your lungs start working to clean themselves. Some habits, like exercise and avoiding pollutants, may help support your lung health. If you’ve recently quit smoking ...
Treatment for lung cancer varies according to age, type of cancer, extent of disease, tolerance to medication and patient preference. Treatment options include a combination of surgery, radiation, ...
Scientists from EMBL Heidelberg were part of a collaborative effort to discover an effective treatment for lung fibrosis and found that the best candidate may be one that is already available as a ...
They found that these shards — which are now virtually everywhere: in the air we breathe, the water we drink and the food we eat — are suspected of links to colon cancer and lung cancer.
For noncirrhotic patients with liver cancer, surgery is the treatment of choice. Surgical resection, in which your surgeon removes the cancerous part of the liver, offers the best possibility for a ...
These tests help confirm the restrictive lung disease caused by IPF, said Dr Arora. Unfortunately, there’s no cure for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis for now, said Dr Garde. “Undergoing certain ...
Having an understanding of the progression of lung cancer and the treatment methods helps the patients and their families to be more effective in making decisions. The range of treatment and its aims ...