With extrinsic restrictive lung disease, treatment of the underlying cause (e.g., pleural effusion or ascites) can help with symptoms. This is also true for intrinsic restrictive lung diseases like ...

Lung cancer symptoms can mimic other conditions and are easy to ignore, especially in the early stages. If you have persistent symptoms like cough, bloody phlegm, chest pain, and shortness of breath, ...

Lung received a bachelor's degree from Regis University in 1992 and a J.D. from the University of Dayton School of Law in 1997. From 2003 to 2016, he was a district court magistrate in the 18th ...

Exposure to asbestos can lead to the development of several diseases that affect the pleura, a membrane that lines the lungs and chest. Pleural diseases (like pleural mesothelioma, effusions, plaques, ...

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Amgen is discontinuing a lung disease program after its investigational small molecule failed to hit any of the primary or secondary endpoints in a midstage study. The asset at play is ...

Scientists are closing in on ways to help patients grow new heart muscle after a heart attack, as well as new lung tissue to treat fibrosis, corneas to erase eye pain and other body parts to gain ...

For the last five years, Vicky Ni has been battling lung cancer — a diagnosis that came out of the blue in 2019 after she went to a doctor for pain in her shoulder. "He was taking X-rays of my ...

The second analysis identified the importance of underlying inflammation and the use of practical biomarkers to predict greater responses with preserving lung function and extending survival.

One of the first tests your doctor will run is a chest X-ray or a CT scan to look for signs of prior exposure to asbestos in the form of pleural plaques (thickened pleura with calcium deposits) and ...