In a recent study, Mass General Brigham researchers demonstrated that through low-cost genetic samples that can be obtained from a cheek swab or blood test, they can improve identification of people ...

Our immune system is armed with an array of defenses designed to detect and eliminate harmful threats. One of its most powerful defense mechanisms is the complement system—a group of proteins that ...

Teamwork: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Early Lung Cancer: Personalized Care A nurse practitioner with NYU's pulmonary intervention team chronicles the NSCLC patient experience from diagnosis to ...

Pulmonary medicine continuously evolves with new diagnostic and treatment modalities, yet certain patient cases still surprise even seasoned practitioners.

Migraine is a common neurological syndrome that affects approximately 10–20% of the population. The pathophysiology of migraine is unclear. 5-hydroxytriptamine is a key mediator in the ...

The speech-language pathology program at Dalhousie University involves three years of full-time study allotted to course work, clinical practica, and a research project or thesis. The program leads to ...

Blood backing up into the lungs is called pulmonary congestion. When a person sits or stands up, the pulmonary congestion decreases due to gravity, and breathing improves. Dyspnea (shortness of breath ...

Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) officials confirm that the container congestion at the port has been largely resolved, though not entirely eliminated. An SLPA official told Ada Derana that the ...

As such, it matches the huge surface areas of the alveolar epithelium to the pulmonary blood capillaries ... is that heart failure is accompanied by systemic and mesenteric venous congestion, which ...

The National Aspergillosis Centre, University Hospital of South Manchester, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK Correspondence to Dr Chris Kosmidis, ...