Mutant RAS, they ... Nov. 6, 2024 — Exhaled breath contains chemical clues to what's going on inside the body, including diseases like lung cancer. And devising ways to sense these compounds ...

High blood pressure affects multiple organs. Not only can hypertension add stress to the heart and damage arteries, leading to heart disease, but it also can cause strokes and kidney disease as ...

June 10, 2024 — Scientists have grown 'mini-guts' in the lab to help understand Crohn's disease, showing that 'switches' that modify DNA in gut cells play an ... Major Cause of Inflammatory ...

The push to regard addiction as a disease is well-intentioned—driven by a desire to lessen stigma—but fails to account for the many facets and facts of the condition. Worse, it robs sufferers ...

Objective: Conventional fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) for cystic thyroid nodules (CTNs) has a high rate of nondiagnostic and false-negative results. Ultrasound-guided FNAB (UG-FNAB ...

cystic fibrosis, or another condition. Your doctor will use a spirometer to regularly monitor your lung function and help track the progression of your COPD. The test can help determine COPD staging.

CONCLUSIONS These data support previous findings that deficiency of α 1-AT is not associated with more severe pulmonary disease in cystic fibrosis and may be associated with milder lung disease.

Jeremy Weyandt, an adult with cystic fibrosis, describes his journey to getting a transplant. A lung transplant can extend and improve your life, but it is not without risks. It is possible that none ...

To be considered for a lung transplant, you must undergo an extensive evaluation ... Having an untreatable kidney disease is one example of something that might prevent you from moving forward in the ...

Neurodegenerative diseases are a heterogeneous group of disorders that are characterized by the progressive degeneration of the structure and function of the central nervous system or peripheral ...

Respiratory tract diseases are illnesses that affect components of the respiratory system, including the nasal passages, the bronchi and the lungs. They range from acute infections, such as ...