The condition of our lungs can reveal a great deal about our wider health. Luckily you can also get them into better shape.

Healio launched its latest podcast, Vital Capacity, this week. Vital Capacity provides clinical pearls and insights from experts in the field through interviews conducted by host Abhishek Bhardwaj, MD ...

Doctors can diagnose emphysema using several tests, including spirometry. This test measures how much air a person can exhale from their lungs after taking a deep breath. Other tests may include ...

Better lung function, expressed as higher forced vital capacity (FVC), is associated with a reduced risk for the onset of heart disease, diabetes, and stroke over a follow-up period of approximately ...

The Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) was measured on a total sample of 104 subjects and residual lung volume (RV) was measured on a total of 36 subjects living at 3840m and 3400m altitude in southern Peru.