How to know if your lungs are healthy: Chest surgeon suggests a simple test to try at home

Worried about lung health amid rising air pollution? A chest surgeon explains a simple breath-holding test you can try at ...

Medical examiners warn that controversial lung float test could be dangerous

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Easy fingernail test could indicate early warning signs of lung cancer

Medical professionals suggest that a simple 'finger test' could help identify lung cancer in its early stages, potentially ...
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Editorial urges deeper focus on heart-lung interactions in pulmonary vascular disease

A new editorial published in Comprehensive Physiology underscores the critical importance of understanding heart-lung interactions in pulmonary vascular disease (PVD). Tim Lahm, MD, a pulmonologist ...
Medscape

Survival Rate in Bilateral Lung and Heart-Lung Transplants Comparable at 1 and 5 Years

VIENNA — Survival rates at 1 and 5 years for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) who receive bilateral lung and heart-lung transplants are similar, said researchers presenting at the ...
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A Philadelphia surgeon’s invention and historic open-heart operation is celebrated 70 years later

Dr. John Gibbon invented the heart-lung machine and used it to perform the world’s first successful open-heart surgery on May 6, 1953. Dr. John Gibbon was a researcher and surgeon at Jefferson Medical ...