Pulmonary function tests are a group of noninvasive breathing tests that measure how much air your lungs can hold, how quickly you can move air in and out and how efficiently your lungs transfer ...

Every part of your body needs oxygen to function properly. The main job of your respiratory system is to make sure that happens—it’s responsible for circulating fresh air throughout your body and ...

Woodbridge pulmonologist Sushil Gupta, MD, draws attention to the vital link between lung, sleep, and heart health ...

Pulmonologists are doctors who focus on the diseases and conditions that affect the respiratory system. They may treat common problems like asthma or serious conditions such as lung cancer. Many also ...

Lung cancer symptoms a Cleveland Clinic doctor monitors in his own body include a persistent cough, coughing up blood, weight ...

Heart health gets a lot of attention, but the state of our lungs — which provide oxygen and allow us to speak, sing and smell — historically hasn’t received the same amount of concern. That is until ...

Two very different patients, a farmer and a medical student, show how lung diseases can hide behind unusual symptoms. A ...

For decades, smoking has been seen as the biggest, and sometimes the only, cause of lung cancer. While it remains the number one risk factor, specialists caution that non-smokers are not immune to the ...

If you frequently find yourself breathless, more than normal, the causes can be traced back to several factors.