I raised a brow. No to all of the above. "We have to go to the hospital right now," my doctor told me after confirming that my right lung had collapsed. "I'm surprised you're even standing up ...

This was her 'most important lesson.' I spent a week in a hospital in Ecuador when my lung collapsed. It confirmed that moving here was the right decision.

Sinead Mulhern has been living in Ecuador for six years. Earlier this year, she spent a week in the hospital due to a collapsed lung, a severe complication of pneumonia. The support she received ...

The obstructive lung disease (OLD) clinic sees patients with asthma, chronic obstructive lung disease, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and other diseases characterized by airway narrowing or ...

It turned out I was incredibly lucky not to have fought. The doctor said my lung would have collapsed in one minute, and I could have died.” According to Musumeci, the condition usually accounts ...

Movement of the EPP toward the alveoli is thought to be advantageous in order to enable clearance of sputum from peripheral regions and to maximize the area of the bronchial tree that undergoes ...

KOCHI: On the third Wednesday of November every year, the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) organises World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Awareness Day ...

A 57-year-old woman with COPD has received the world's first fully robotic double lung transplant. The breakthrough surgery was performed in October at NYU Langone Health in New York City by Dr.