LEGENDARY director David Lynch passed away at the age of 78, after revealing he’d suffered from a terrifying lung disease ...

It is potentially hopeful for emphysema sufferers, and for premature babies who often suffer from loss of alveoli because of treatments given to stimulate lung growth." Clinical trials have begun ...

As contemporary surgical practice continues to evolve, patients who undergo surgical lung volume reduction (LVRS) for ...

Lynch, who wrote and directed the movies "Dune" and "Blue Velvet" and co-created the TV series "Twin Peaks," was diagnosed ...

Emphysema is a chronic lung condition that affects millions of people worldwide and can make everyday activities such as ...

Many processes appear to be involved in the pathogenesis of emphysema associated with cigarette smoking (fig 2), but the proteinase-antiproteinase hypothesis has prevailed as the central theme for ...

Patients can, however, develop severe symptomatic subcutaneous emphysema despite adequate thoracic drainage. There is a paucity of efficacious treatments for subcutaneous emphysema that does not ...

“Emphysema makes it hard to breathe air out of your lungs as it affects the tiny air sacs at the end of the airways where ...

What is emphysema and how limiting is its diagnosis? Keep reading to learn more about the disease, risk factors and treatment options. Emphysema is a form of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...

A bronchoscopic lung volume reduction, or BLVR, is a minimally invasive procedure to treat some people with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and emphysema. This technique involves ...