Body plethysmography is testing for lung conditions. Learn about how it’s performed, how to prepare for it, and more.

Post-COVID pulmonary fibrosis, which involves scarring of the lungs that can worsen over time and may require a lung transplant, affects some patients after infection, according to pulmonologists.

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Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) are non-invasive tests that show how well the lungs are working.

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A new analysis, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, estimated the impacts of removing race from spirometry, a test used to measure lung function.

Elevated blood eosinophil count was consistently linked to a faster decline in lung function in healthy adults, regardless of smoking status.

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