A discovery offers new hope in the battle against pulmonary fibrosis, a debilitating lung condition that progressively makes it harder for patients to breathe. Scientists have pinpointed proteins in ...

In the lungs of COPD patients, SPP1 is significantly upregulated. Experimentally, carbonaceous particles, which are related to environmental particle pollution, can cause the accumulation of SPP1+ ...

Conclusions: The extent of pulmonary emphysema significantly correlated with reduced bone density. Our study suggested that COPD itself could be a risk factor for osteoporosis and that chest CT ...

Emphysema severity was also associated with MMP-3, -7 and -10. However, there were no strong relationships between MMPs and bronchial wall thickness of the larger airways. Conclusions Pulmonary MMP ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD ... about 4.3% of adults as of 2023 had ever received a diagnosis of COPD, emphysema, or chronic bronchitis. You can get COPD at any age, but it ...

Background: Combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE) commonly coexists with connective tissue diseases (CTD), such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, the risk factors contributing to the ...

You may experience symptoms such as cough, sleepiness, breathlessness, chest condition, and slow walking with emphysema or bronchitis. A spirometry test is one way to distinguish the type of lung ...

The gold standard for finding lung cancer early is computed tomography (CT) lung cancer screening. However, this is limited to people who have smoked. Currently, there are more non-smokers (never ...

To study further the possible benefit of steroid treatment, we have investigated in a double-blind, controlled manner the effect of prednisone in 10 patients with severe pulmonary emphysema.

T UESDAY, Jan. 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with advanced emphysema, endobronchial valve placement (EBV) is associated with higher mortality and morbidity compared with lung volume ...

TUESDAY, Jan. 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with advanced emphysema, endobronchial valve placement (EBV) is associated with higher mortality and morbidity compared with lung volume ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) For patients with advanced emphysema, lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) results in lower mortality and morbidity compared to endobronchial valve placement ...