Patients with positive expectations about their health tend to experience better asthma control and reduced symptom severity.

If your allergy symptoms—sneezing, itchy eyes, or nasal congestion—continue to be a problem even after using medication, you ...

But I can’t breathe.” I’m sitting across from my GP, each word landing with an exasperated sigh. A spirometry test had confirmed my then 21-year-old lungs were perfectly healthy, but I wasn’t ...

COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, affects more than 30 million Americans, yet many have never heard of it. COPD ...

Spirometry is a simple and inexpensive breathing test — done in a doctor’s office and lab — that measures how well your lungs work.

A test driven by artificial intelligence (AI) is set to be rolled out in GP surgeries to help doctors diagnose a common lung condition faster and more accurately, according to its developers.

Due to the destructive nature of COPD on patients’ lungs and well-being, timely diagnosis is key, and integrating spirometry at the time of lung cancer screening could help identify this disease ...

We've all felt winded when taking the stairs or dealt with a cough from time to time. But if these issues linger, they could ...

When should you seek medical advice about this? “If you are suffering from any of these symptoms, it is important to see your GP who might decide to refer you for a spirometry (a breathing test ...