Your lung function is the most critical factor for making sure oxygen gets to every cell in your body, which keeps your cells operating at their best. It also makes sure carbon dioxide leaves the body ...

Measuring lung function earlier in life would help identify people at risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and allow for more timely interventions, according to a new study ...

Some patients who have recovered from the coronavirus have been left with a reduced lung capacity – and left gasping for air when walking briskly, according to a report. The Hong Kong Hospital ...

Doctors carry out pulmonary function tests to check how well a person’s lungs work and identify any issues. The tests are noninvasive and provide measurements, such as lung capacity, volume, and gas ...

The lungs are a pair of spongy organs in your chest. The right lung is bigger than the left lung. Each lung is divided into smaller parts called lobes. The right lung has three lobes, and the left ...

New research has identified the mechanism by which air pollution damages the lungs’ self-cleaning system, leaving us vulnerable to infection. In doing so, it has also identified a way to reverse that ...

Being overweight or too skinny in childhood may adversely affect people's lung function as adults, new research shows. Previous studies have had mixed results when looking at a correlation between ...

It is possible for a person to live with one lung. While a person’s ability to exercise will likely decrease, many people have only one lung that can still function relatively normally. Although the ...