Better lung function, expressed as higher forced vital capacity (FVC), is associated with a reduced risk for the onset of heart disease, diabetes, and stroke over a follow-up period of approximately ...

Toby Maher, MD, PhD, professor of clinical medicine, Keck Medicine of USC, discusses the impact of changes in lung function in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). How does the rate of ...

While the rate of adults who smoke is reportedly down to a record low of 11% and fewer adolescents are vaping, children and adults alike are leading more sedentary lifestyles that can pose a variety ...

DLCO declined earliest, falling measurably about 10 years before the defined onset. By five years before onset, DLCO had ...

The lungs are the silent engines of vitality. They breathe life into every cell of the body, yet most people hardly give them the attention they deserve. In today’s fast-paced, polluted environments, ...

Dose-ranging trial evaluated deupirfenidone 550 mg three times a day (TID) (approximately equivalent exposure to pirfenidone 801 mg TID 1) and deupirfenidone 825 mg TID and successfully demonstrated ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In two recent randomized clinical trials studying tocilizumab in patients with systemic sclerosis, a weekly ...

Clinical worsening also occurred less frequently with treprostinil ...

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Pipe and cigar smoking is linked to faster lung function decline and higher mortality, even among people who have never ...