We often hear about LFT (Liver Function Test) for the liver and KFT (Kidney Function Test) for the kidneys. Similarly, ...

Good breathing is at the heart of good health. When asthma or shortness of breath appears, a person might be sent for pulmonary function tests. Arlene Dunlap of Piscataway, N.J. knows those tests well ...

This combined model achieved a high level of accuracy, suggesting that imaging data alongside basic clinical information could be effective for screening.

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, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Pulmonary function testing results can indicate obstructive patterns. Providers must properly coach patients ...

For decades, clinical algorithms that were used to diagnose disease have included race as a variable. Over the past several years, growing recognition that this may lead to diagnoses being entirely ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A smartphone-based tool that employs acoustic sensing and machine learning techniques is set to undergo testing.

Removing a patient’s race from an equation used to assess lung function — a change called for by health equity advocates — would mean that the lung disease of nearly half a million Black Americans ...

PPF is identified by decline in lung function, worsening symptoms, and increased fibrosis on imaging, with variable criteria across studies. Risk factors for PPF include older age, male sex, smoking, ...

BOSTON, MA—Denervation of the pulmonary artery (PA) in patients with Group 1 pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) led to a significant increase in 6-minute walk test distance as well as positive ...