BRAIN-swelling ‘sloth fever’ could be passed on in the womb, experts fear. Their warning comes after a mum tragically lost ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD is a lung disease that causes difficulties in breathing. A person with this ...

Edema occurs when there is swelling caused by fluid trapped in the body’s tissues. There are many types of edema, including ...

These changes lead to increased permeability of the alveolar-capillary barrier, resulting in interstitial and alveolar edema, lung collapse, and subsequent hypoxia and hypercapnia. The interplay of ...

Scientists are closing in on ways to help patients grow new heart muscle after a heart attack, as well as new lung tissue to treat fibrosis, corneas to erase eye pain and other body parts to gain ...

pulmonary edema, and a seizure. According to Mayo Clinic, these conditions can be severely debilitating. A pulmonary embolism involves a blockage in the lung’s arteries due to blood clots and is ...

The promise of a one-and-done CRISPR in­fu­sion is be­gin­ning to look more re­al than ever. On Thurs­day, In­tel­lia Ther­a­peu­tics an­nounced that an ex­per­i­men­tal gene edit ...

People who are immunocompromised or have a weakened immune system. People living with a current cancer diagnosis, including lung cancer. Having a history of cancer may increase your risk as well.

Returning from the 2024 American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting in Chicago, Dr Garg highlights several important studies on diabetic macular edema (DME). One key study focused on the ...

Air pollution causes more inflammation in the lungs. The respiratory problem worsens. They land up in the ICU or a ventilator at times, and this leads to higher mortality," he said. According to Dr ...

He added that air pollution is not only restricted to the heart and lungs but can go into other organs of the body as well. "In people who have heart disease...it causes inflammation or swelling ...