Pulmonary fibrosis describes a condition in which the normal lung anatomy is replaced by a process of active remodeling, deposition of extracellular matrix and dramatic changes in the phenotype of ...

Nurses need to understand the anatomy and physiology of normal breathing to measure respiratory rate and interpret findings. The second in our five-part series on respiratory rate describes the ...

The normal anatomy of your organs is described as situs solitus. In this configuration, the normal placement of your heart, ...

Point-of-care lung ultrasonography allows for the assessment of patients with acute dyspnea, which is usually associated with pneumonia, pulmonary edema, pleural effusion, or pneumothorax and may ...

So, by the time someone is 60 years old, each normal lung cell will contain about 1,000-1,500 mutations. These mutations are caused by the normal wear-and-tear of life, ...

This is how my family and I were thrown into the cancer world. It was a typical Friday evening, I had just started a new job and this was my second week. My phone rang — it was my wife, Molly. I ...