A CT scan of healthy lungs looks typical in size with no inflammation, allowing the diaphragm to dome. Lungs with emphysema can look overinflated, with muscle loss, making the diaphragm misshapen. The ...

CT-detected emphysema is linked to a higher risk of lung cancer, a risk that increases with emphysema severity, according to a new study published in the journal Radiology. Lung cancer is the primary ...

PHILADELPPHIA (WPVI) -- When emphysema develops, the lungs lose their ability for two-way airflow. A strategic surgery helps patients breathe easier, and it is drawing people here from far and wide to ...

A new meta-analysis found that more severe emphysema is associated with an increased risk of lung cancer. Findings from a meta-analysis published in Radiology revealed that an individual’s emphysema ...

Doctors sometimes recommend lung coils to help someone manage severe emphysema, especially when other treatments have been unsuccessful. Their benefits include increased lung volume, exercise capacity ...

Visually assessed pulmonary emphysema independently predicted modestly elevated all-cause mortality risk over 25 years of follow-up in patients with a history of smoking. After controlling for other ...

Lung cancer screening saves lives by detecting cancer early when it is most treatable. But what many people don’t realize is that the same low-dose CT scans used to screen for lung cancer can also ...

CT-detected emphysema is linked to a higher risk of lung cancer, a risk that increases with emphysema severity, according to a new study. CT-detected emphysema is linked to a higher risk of lung ...

BARCELONA, Spain — For patients with emphysema who are suitable candidates for lung volume reduction surgery, there were no differences at 1 year in either lung function, dyspnea, or exercise capacity ...

COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. (WPVI) -- It's been five years since the FDA approved the first valves to treat severe emphysema. And since then, they've turned life around for patients, including a Montgomery ...

Black men in the US who are in their fifties may be more than six times more likely than white men of the same age to have emphysema when lung function tests deem them to have better-than-normal lung ...