Lung diseases in children make up a large part of why parents end up visiting doctors. Your child’s lungs are still developing, and their immune systems are not as strong as adults’, so they face ...

Wheezing, a high-pitched whistling sound, is a common indicator of chronic respiratory diseases, including asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), due to inflammation and swelling of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Black children had lower FEV 1 and FVC percent predicted after race-neutral vs. -specific equation use. Black vs ...

Being overweight or too skinny in childhood may adversely affect people's lung function as adults, new research shows. Previous studies have had mixed results when looking at a correlation between ...

Bronchial breath sounds are different noises your doctor can hear when listening to your breathing. Atypical sounds can indicate an underlying condition. Bronchial breath sounds, or lung sounds, are ...

A new study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a center supported by the "la Caixa" Foundation, sheds light on the growth of lung function in children. The results show that ...

Make sure that the listening area is quiet, and importantly, do not listen through the patient's clothing. Warm your stethoscope either by carrying it in your pants pocket or by vigorously rubbing it.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Wheeze, crackles and rhonchi can be detected by an AI algorithm in the TytoCare device. The TytoCare device is ...

Background Preterm birth is associated with lifelong respiratory sequelae, yet our understanding of lung function trajectories across the lifespan remains limited. We aimed to identify patterns of ...