The new lung cancer screening program needs to be independently evaluated to keep it on track, and to minimise the harms.

At first glance, some people seem to have recovered from COVID-19. They no longer test positive and can return to work or ...

Some patients would recover, while others would remain with scar tissue. They called this respiratory post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) with radiographic abnormalities (RPRA).

Lung nodules, also called “pulmonary nodules” and “nodes on lungs,” are small, round or oval growths in the lungs usually caused by scar tissue from a past infection. They are typically ...

Lung scarring, or pulmonary fibrosis, occurs when lung tissue becomes damaged ... insults caused by noxious chemicals such as cigarette smoke, air pollution, abnormal tissue seen in lung ...

Stage I lung cancer is the second-earliest stage of the disease. It means that abnormal cells in your airways have turned into cancer. But the tumor is only in your lungs and hasn't spread to your ...

CPAM or congenital pulmonary airway malformation (a lobe of the lung is a non-working piece of abnormal lung tissue) Pulmonary emphysema (congenital) Tracheomalacia (when the airway is too soft or ...

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) scars lung tissue and makes breathing increasingly difficult until patients can't get enough oxygen. Available drugs provide minimal benefit.

Inflammation caused by lupus may affect the lungs in many ways, and can ... sneeze, or laugh. You may also experience shortness of breath. Sometimes an abnormal amount of fluid will build up in the ...

In the lungs, the predominant mechanical cues include breathing-related stretching and stiffness-changes associated with diseases such as lung fibrosis. An indicator of this condition is abnormal ...