Over the years we’ve seen wearables measuring every aspect of your body, but lung capacity is more esoteric than most. Sylvee is a brand new wearable from Respira Labs which continuously measures lung ...

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 ...

The medical field is constantly walking a line between effective and convenient. Typically, when medication and health tools are more effective, they’re given prescription requirements so that doctors ...

We often hear about LFT (Liver Function Test) for the liver and KFT (Kidney Function Test) for the kidneys. Similarly, there’s a lesser-known but equally important test called the PFT (Pulmonary ...

Former Chief of the Allergy Division at Georgetown University Hospital Dr. Henry Fishman MD joined Good Morning Washington to talk about a new revolution in the treatment of chronic lung conditions ...

We are serializing ‘Peek into the Startup Notebook,’ which will serve as a model for those dreaming of starting a business with their own ideas. This article contains advertising content. The most ...

New results from a long-term epidemiologic study reveal that one of the oldest racially based diagnostic formulas in medicine is no better than a race-neutral equation, which suggests the formula used ...

An emphysema diagnosis typically involves a comprehensive review of the person’s medical history, including symptoms, risk factors, and existing medical conditions, to differentiate it from similar ...