Background Children and young people (CYP) with asthma in the UK are at higher risk of poor outcomes compared with other high-income European countries due to factors including poor access to ...

E-cigarette users with obesity show higher ventilatory demands and breathlessness during exercise, indicating potential ...

Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) may be ordered as part of routine health assessment, screening for those with workplace exposures, diagnostic assessment for those with suspected lung disease, or ...

Correspondence to Dr Andrew Tai, Dept of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Women's and Children's Hospital, 72 King William Road, North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5006, Australia; andrew.tai{at ...

Interstitial lung abnormalities (ILA) can be incidentally detected in patients undergoing low-dose CT screening for lung cancer. In this retrospective study, we explore the downstream impact of ILA ...

In conclusion, spirometry-based stratification by airflow obstruction and reduced FVC revealed complementary abnormalities on IOS and qCT, reactance linking to reduced lung volume and deformation, and ...

BACKGROUND: Hypertension induces structural and functional damage in multiple organs. Evidence of subclinical damage ...

A dry cough that lasts more than 8 weeks is considered chronic and can signal various conditions, from allergies and asthma to more serious issues like lung infections, chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

The African Alliance for Allergy and Clinical Immunology (AFRICALLI) is marking World Allergy Week 2026 with a clear pan-African ...

Asthma is the most common chronic disease and one of the main causes of hospitalization among children. The Global Asthma Network has estimated that its global prevalence is 9.1% for children and 11.0 ...