Emphysema happens when smoke from tobacco or other pollutants slowly damage the tiny air sacs in your lungs called alveoli. Normally, some 300 million alveoli help bring oxygen into your body and ...

Professor E. K. Verbeken, of the University Hospital Gasthuisberg in Leuven, Belgium, presented the second lecture, "Lung Pathology: The Theory of Space Competition," in which he introduced the ...

For patients with advanced emphysema, endobronchial valve placement (EBV) is associated with higher mortality and morbidity compared with lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS), according to a study ...

LOS ANGELES—January 26, 2025—As contemporary surgical practice continues to evolve, patients who undergo surgical lung volume reduction (LVRS) for advanced emphysema may survive longer and ...

LEGENDARY director David Lynch passed away at the age of 78, after revealing he'd suffered from a terrifying lung disease that left him barely able to "walk across a room". The filmmaker ...

Emphysema is a form of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a progressive lung disease that causes airways to become swollen and blocked. It's an umbrella term used to describe various ...

Emphysema is a chronic lung condition that affects millions of people worldwide and can make everyday activities such as walking, talking, and even breathing, feel like a challenge. Emma Rubach ...

David Lynch passed away at the age of 78—less than six months after announcing he had emphysema—a chronic and distressing condition that damages the air sacs in the lungs, making it difficult ...

but the deficient animals developed a more widespread panlobular-like emphysema when assessed by morphologic methods. Using forced oscillation assessment of lung function, the deficient animals ...

As contemporary surgical practice continues to evolve, patients who undergo surgical lung volume reduction (LVRS) for advanced emphysema may survive longer and with fewer complications than they did ...