Lung health is vital for overall well-being, especially given the increasing levels of pollution and respiratory challenges worldwide. Our lungs constantly filter the air, but they can accumulate ...

Self-reported knee crepitus — an audible crackling or grinding noise during knee movement — was associated with full-thickness cartilage defects in the patellofemoral compartment 1 year after anterior ...

Noisy knees after an ACL injury may raise fears of impending arthritis, but new research shows that these noises signal existing damage and not future decline, helping patients and clinicians separate ...

New research finds no link between having noisy knees and a future risk of joint problems in people recovering from knee surgery. Reading time: Reading time 2 minutes Here’s some potential good news ...

Young adults who experience grinding or clicking sounds in their knees post-surgery may be alarmed, but new research from La Trobe University suggests these sounds may not signal early-onset ...

Knee crepitus following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) repair is seen in up to half of cases, and can indicate ongoing structural abnormalities. Whether crepitus is predictive of increased risk for ...

UCLA researchers have created the first lung organoids with organotypic blood vessel networks, marking a major advancement in modeling how lungs naturally develop in the human body. The vascularized ...

The lung tissue of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease contains triple the sootlike particle buildup found in similar tissue in smokers’ lungs, a recent analysis finds. The study found ...

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Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to every other organ, and blood-forming stem cells must make about 200 billion new red blood cells each day to keep the oxygen flowing. For many years, ...