A WOMAN was convinced she was having a heart attack when her lung popped out of the blue while she was opening her 21st ...

Olivia Smith has recalled the frightening moment her lung suddenly collapsed, which happened the day after he 21st birthday, and has been riddled with problems ever since ...

Effective dyspnea evaluation in urgent care requires the usage of a systems-based framework for categorizing the differential ...

Robotic bronchoscopy can help diagnose spots in the lungs when they are still small, catching cancer sooner and saving many ...

We're sharing your stories from hospitals around the country as we report live from the Royal Free in north London.

“The risk of a pneumothorax is highest in the first three ... “Patients must also quit smoking at least four months before the procedure and commit to remaining smoke-free afterward ...

Columnist Caroline Gainer discusses a study whose findings suggested that respiratory muscle strength training could help ...

Pneumothorax that occurs during pregnancy can be managed ... As HIV is now becoming a more chronic disease associated with a high incidence of smoking and therefore of COPD, pneumothoraces might ...

Other a priori risk factors assessed using logistic regression were: sex, size of initial pneumothorax on chest radiograph (CXR), smoking status and body mass index (BMI). Comparison of means were ...