Fortunately, this ideal combination is now improving prospects for individuals with severe emphysema, who face a high risk of mortality and have long suffered from a gap in treatment. 2 ...

The FEV1/FVC ratio is a test that helps measure how much air you can forcefully expire (exhale) from your lungs. It involves a tool called a spirometer that can measure the volume of breath expired in ...

He was 78. His wife, Terry Gross, the host of the NPR program “Fresh Air,” said the cause was emphysema and complications of Parkinson’s disease. As a contributing editor at The Atlantic for ...

OBSTRUCTIVE pulmonary emphysema, as the term is used here, refers to a chronic progressive process manifested clinically by dyspnea, which most commonly makes its appearance in middle-aged or ...

CMS is proposing to modify several hospital quality measures and remove four others, including those focused on health equity and social drivers of health. The agency outlined the changes April 11 ...

Breztri Aerosphere (budesonide/glycopyrrolate/formoterol fumarate) can cause side effects that range from mild to serious. If side effects from Breztri become ...

A PaO2 test measures partial pressure of oxygen, or PaO2—the oxygen pressure in arterial blood. The PaO2 reflects how well oxygen is able to move from the lungs to the blood. It is often altered by ...

What Is Endobronchial Valve (EBV) Therapy? If you have been diagnosed with advanced emphysema, also called COPD, EBV treatment might be an option for you. Patients living with emphysema experience ...

You may come across information on the internet or other sources about stem cells being administered to patients with lung diseases, such as emphysema, pulmonary hypertension or pulmonary fibrosis. We ...