In a new study, researchers found that older adults with obesity had significantly decreased measures of lung function compared to those without obesity, and the results were consistent among men and ...

A new report shows that physical exercise can lead to numerous benefits for people with chronic kidney disease (CKD), ...

Dr Aaron Holley argues that skeletal muscle — not just heart and lungs — is a key, often missed driver of activity ...

Two recent case series describe the use of invasive implanted hemodynamic monitoring (IHM) with the CardioMEMS™ HF System (Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois) in pediatric patients. IHM can be ...

Introduction Reduced exercise performance is common in patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot (rToF) and relates to ...

Background and objective Kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) face elevated cardiovascular risk, partly due to reduced ...

New NCCN guidelines highlight how structured exercise and molecular profiling significantly reduce recurrence rates. Regular exercise is no longer just a recommendation for general health; it is now a ...

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a rare progressive disease characterized by fibrosis in the alveoli of the lungs, has a median survival of 3 to 5 years if left untreated. Inhaled treprostinil slowed ...

Credit: Getty Images A pulmonologist discusses the history and influence of race-based reference equations in pulmonary function testing interpretation and patient care. Pulmonary function testing ...

The Social Security Administration has requested the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to review the latest published research and science and produce a report addressing best ...

Pulmonary function tests (PFTs), also called lung function tests, are some of the most important, but least understood, tools healthcare providers use to evaluate lung health. Though many people have ...