Good breathing is at the heart of good health. When asthma or shortness of breath appears, a person might be sent for pulmonary function tests. Arlene Dunlap of Piscataway, N.J. knows those tests well ...

Credit: Getty Images The road to race-neutral pulmonary function testing has been long and evolving; now, ATS recommends this approach and a Boston hospital offers an implementation model. In July, ...

Clinicians shouldn't rely on pulmonary function tests (PFTs) alone to screen for interstitial lung disease (ILD). The tests performed poorly in a retrospective study of 212 patients with systemic ...

Experts in the field of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease define the role of pulmonary function tests such as spirometry for a diagnosis. Transcript Neil B. Minkoff, MD: Let me ask 1 last question ...

Marine Corps Recruits with November Company, 4th Battalion, and Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, Recruit Training Regiment, conduct the 3-mile run portion of a physical fitness test (PFT) on Marine Corps ...

Pulmonary function testing serves 2 important clinical goals: (1) categorizing the physiologic impairment from lung disease (ie, obstructive, restrictive, etc) and (2) quantifying the degree of ...

Preparing for a military physical fitness test takes time and specific practice. If your goal is to crush the fitness test and reach maximum points, doing what we call the Double PFT is a good option.

COPD remains one of India's most underdiagnosed lung diseases, with millions noticing symptoms only after serious damage.

According to the World Health Organisation, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is the fourth-leading cause of death ...

Poor olfaction in older adults may be associated with lower lung function, according to study findings published in Chest.