involving the air sacs or alveoli where oxygen is absorbed into the body. “When pneumonia occurs, these air sacs fill with fluid or pus, causing a low state of oxygen in the body (hypoxaemia ...

Finding it hard to breathe when you lay down is medically called orthopnea. Find a list of potential causes to help narrow ...

Midland Memorial Hospital halts out-of-county transfers as it faces a surge in respiratory illness cases, urging use of ...

Doctors are issuing urgent warnings about a common antibiotic after Emmie Bellucci, 12, of Texas fell mysteriously ill last ...

Besides the potential for fluid or even red blood cells being forced into the small air sacs (alveoli) in the lungs, this pressure increase can lead to pulsus paradoxus. Right ventricular CHF, on the ...

Air pollution is a well-known risk factor for respiratory diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...

Constrictive bronchiolitis is limited to the bronchioles and does not extend into the alveoli. The clinical features of constrictive bronchiolitis consist of a chest radiograph that is often ...

The commonplace phenomenon of liquid drops falling from a surface is—perhaps surprisingly—not yet fully understood by ...

UC Santa Barbara researchers now know why a pool of red dye somehow “knew” how to solve a maze filled with milk.

Researchers discovered that ink in a soap-and-milk experiment follows the path of least resistance due to surface tension ...