Deep breathing, or diaphragmatic breathing, techniques offer several benefits to your mind and body. One of the biggest is ...

Doctors of Respiratory Medicine department at Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai successfully removed a small-sized LED bulb of a toy car from the left lungs of an eight-month-old baby girl.

“Fortunately, my GP sent me for an X-ray and blood tests, and the same afternoon I received a call to say a ‘mass’ had been detected in my left lung,” says Melanie. “Further scans and ...

The left lung weighed 450, and the right, 500 gm. There was no evidence of pulmonary edema. Lower-nephron nephrosis was present. A large operative defect in the right frontal lobe of the brain was ...

Research leader Dr Kwangwook Cho used scanning technology to measure the size of the temporal lobe region of the volunteers' brains. He found this region - which is critical to memory - had shrunk ...

These options include pneumonectomy (to remove one lung), lobectomy (to remove a part of the lung called a lobe), or segmentectomy (to remove more than a wedge but less than a lobe). For those who are ...

50 – 80 years of age Have a 20 pack-year history of smoking (1 pack a day for 20 years or 2 packs a day for 10 years) Are a current smoker or have quit within the last 15 years If you meet the ...

Smoking is both the leading cause of cancer and the leading cause of death from cancer. 85 percent of lung cancer cases are smoking-related. Just living with a smoker increases your chance of ...