Pulmonary function tests are a group of noninvasive breathing tests that measure how much air your lungs can hold, how quickly you can move air in and out and how efficiently your lungs transfer ...

Lung cancer varies widely from patient to patient, and that diversity makes it hard to find effective treatments. Researchers ...

Widely used lung function tests often fail to detect lung disease in Black patients, according to research — and experts are calling for new methods of testing. Spirometry, the most common lung ...

CLEVELAND — November is Lung Cancer Awareness month. The disease is the leading cause of cancer death around the world, and according to the American Lung Association, nearly a quarter of a million ...

A Chinese research team has developed the world's first blood-based diagnostic kit that can tell whether lung nodules are ...

Lung cancer accounts for 1 in 5 cancer-related deaths in the United States. While doctors say lung cancer is often treatable if caught early, millions of Americans who should be getting screened for ...

A new study led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center is showing a novel blood test can detect the presence of lung cancer with over 90 percent accuracy. The test uses artificial ...

Dr Mark Kris discusses the increasing precision of lung cancer therapies and the need for additional testing to find ...

Diagnosing lung diseases is easier than it used to be with a new state-of-the-art pulmonary function machine recently installed at St. Luke's Hospital. A Vmax Series product from Sensor Medics is a ...

MIT scientists have developed an easier method for diagnosing lung cancer – breathe in some inhalable nanoparticle sensors, then pee on a stick. Lung cancer is usually diagnosed through a CT scan, but ...

Capturing the small pieces of DNA found circulating in the bloodstream has made headlines as the basis of liquid biopsy tests for cancer, but Natera aims to use the same technology for a diagnostic ...

Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the U.S. According to the Lung Association’s recently released “State of Lung Cancer” report, more than 40% of homes tested for radon in Indiana had ...