What is bronchitis? “Bronchitis is a respiratory condition characterised by inflammation of the airways in the lungs,” says Dr Ashwin Sharma at the online pharmacy MedExpress. It can present in two ...

The effect of the rate of expiration on the measurement of vital capacity was studied in a group of 75 control subjects and 97 patients with bronchial asthma and pulmonary emphysema. The results ...

Looking for the name of Marcel Proust on search engines, it seems that the centenary of his death (1922) has gone unnoticed by medical doctors. Several essays on his illness have already been ...

"Key FOT parameters, such as FEV1, V5, and R5, effectively distinguished asthmatics from non-asthmatics. In bronchial ...

A research group from Hiroshima University has found an increase in bronchial asthma among children affected by the torrential rains in July 2018 that devastated western Japan, particularly in ...

Air pollution is a well-known risk factor for respiratory diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Obstructive pulmonary diseases are common in the elderly but often remain underdiagnosed due to limited spirometry availability or challenges with patient cooperation during testing. This study ...