A study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) in collaboration with the Clínic-IDIBAPS, has shown, for the first time, how lung capacity evolves from childhood to old age. The ...

As air pollution in Stockholm has decreased, so has the lung capacity of children and adolescents has improved, a new study reports. The researchers consider the results important, since the lung ...

The combined actions of elastin, collagen and surface tension, along with a supporting network of muscles and connective tissues, create lung capacity. This is the total volume of air in the lungs ...

‘At least I didn’t faint or vomit’ … Daoust tests his V02 max at Sheffield Hallam University’s Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre.Photograph: Gary Calton/The Guardian Lungs are amazing. There they sit ...

With our present lifestyle approach, where a majority of us live at a fast rate, we end up forgetting one of the simplest yet most influential aids to good health- our breath. The lungs are important ...

Uptravi may reduce blood pressure in the lungs of children with pulmonary arterial hypertension, according to a meta-analysis ...

Your lungs might be telling you something important, but you’re probably not listening. While most of us obsess over wrinkles, memory lapses, or aching joints as signs of aging, we rarely consider our ...

Your lungs have a vital job: Every cell in your body needs oxygen, and they depend on your lungs to get it. That's why it's important not to take your lung health for granted, especially as your lung ...

The FDA has approved Jascayd (nerandomilast) as a treatment for a second lung disease, progressive pulmonary fibrosis, following the drug’s initial approval in October 2025 as a treatment for ...

Q: I recently started going to a yoga class at our community center. We were doing deep breathing, and it felt like my lungs weren't filling up as much as they used to. Do your lungs get less elastic ...