An experimental drug now in clinical trials as a cancer treatment could help boost the power of first-line tuberculosis (TB) treatments by helping infected cells die a gentler death, investigators ...

Kenyans no longer have to wait several hours or days to know if they may have tuberculosis (TB), thanks to a new ...

An experimental drug now in clinical trials as a cancer treatment could help boost the power of first-line tuberculosis (TB) treatments by helping infected cells die a gentler death, Johns Hopkins ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that kills more than a million people worldwide every year. The pathogen that ...

A sample of phlegm will be taken and tested to help figure out the source of the infection. A chest X-ray will likely be performed as well. Chest X-rays take pictures of the lungs, which help ...

Before discussing pneumonia in children further, we must first know how the lungs work. In healthy lungs, oxygen enters when ...

Indonesia Background The grading of radiological severity in clinical trials in tuberculosis (TB) remains unstandardised. The aim of this study was to generate and validate a numerical score for ...

A chest X-ray cannot diagnose asthma but can provide valuable information during a severe attack or when someone is hospitalized with asthma complications. A chest X-ray can also differentiate asthma ...

Tuberculosis, also known as TB, is a bacterial infection that primarily affects a person's lungs. Its symptoms vary widely depending on how the slow-growing mycobacterium that causes the infection ...

Tuberculosis, also known as TB, is a bacterial infection that primarily affects a person's lungs. Its symptoms vary widely depending on how the slow-growing mycobacterium that causes the infection ...

Lung cancer (LC) and tuberculosis (TB) represent two major global public health issues. Prior evidence has suggested a link between TB infection and an increased risk of LC. As advancements in LC ...