Tonsils are two oval pads of tissues that are on either side of the throat and project out into it. The uvula is what we see dangling down from the soft palate between the tonsils. They are very ...

THIS is a book of 268 pages on anatomy and physiology, written by a member of the nursing profession. The author states that the text is compiled from many well-known books, and that nearly all ...

Our objectives are to review the epidemiology of these injuries, as well as ACL biomechanics, anatomy, and nonsurgical and surgical management so that generalists as well as sports medicine ...

Lung diseases encompass a diverse range of disorders, including Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), ...

Firstly, what led you to specialize in the field of pulmonary and critical care medicine? I love physiology, and even during medical school I thought pulmonary and critical care would be a potential ...

However, the role of inhaled corticosteroids in the treatment of COPD is controversial ... between the included studies with regard to factors such as pre-randomisation physiology, smoking prevalence, ...

The following is a summary of “Triple overlap of COPD, severe obesity, and high risk of OSA: insights from an NHANES analysis ...

Scientists have discovered that people with COPD have lung cells that contain over three times as much soot-like carbon as ...

Cells taken from the lungs of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have a larger accumulation of ...

Long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT) is linked to reduced exacerbations and hospitalizations in COPD, ILD, and pulmonary hypertension.

Credit: Getty Images Women with COPD, asthma, and OSA may go undiagnosed or without proper care because their symptomatology differs from the classic male presentation. Despite decades of advances ...

With support from Sanofi and Regeneron, Viz.ai will investigate the use of the Viz COPD module, a care acceleration solution that will leverage electronic health record (EHR) data and artificial ...