Credit: Getty Images The road to race-neutral pulmonary function testing has been long and evolving; now, ATS recommends this approach and a Boston hospital offers an implementation model. In July, ...

Pulmonary function testing serves 2 important clinical goals: (1) categorizing the physiologic impairment from lung disease (ie, obstructive, restrictive, etc) and (2) quantifying the degree of ...

Measuring lung function earlier in life would help identify people at risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Full pulmonary function tests contribute useful diagnostic information for evaluating patients with ...

More than 100 therapies for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis are being developed across the globe. IPF is a chronic and progressive lung disease that affects the tissue surrounding the air sacs in the ...

The Diagnostic Labs Market is poised for growth due to rising chronic disease prevalence, aging populations, and advancements in technology. Key opportunities include leveraging AI for better data ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

A newly reported case study has documented a novel nonsense variant in the RTEL1 gene in a patient with familial pulmonary fibrosis (PF), adding to an expanding understanding of how telomere-related ...