Good breathing is at the heart of good health. When asthma or shortness of breath appears, a person might be sent for pulmonary function tests. Arlene Dunlap of Piscataway, N.J. knows those tests well ...
What are pulmonary function tests? Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) are tests of lung function. They are intended to evaluate and monitor chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD is ...
Your lungs work hard every day. Dr. Sudhanshu Rai shares three simple tests you can do at home to check your lung health.
Credit: Getty Images The road to race-neutral pulmonary function testing has been long and evolving; now, ATS recommends this approach and a Boston hospital offers an implementation model. In July, ...
SAN DIEGO – The elimination of race adjustments in lung-function testing could affect millions of people in the U.S. as they lose or gain eligibility for jobs and benefits due to reclassification of ...
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Significant gaps persist, however, in the implementation of race-neutral PFT equations in the United States and worldwide, because race has long been embedded in PFT interpretation. Moreover, the ...
Leslie Stoll was an active athlete who had never smoked. She was shocked when a chance scan spotted something unusual.
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