A bronchoscopy is a medical procedure that allows healthcare providers to look inside your airways and lungs using a bronchoscope—a thin and flexible tube with a small camera. A pulmonologist (a ...

Evidence of the beneficial effect of lung cancer screening by low-dose chest CT scans on lung cancer mortality reduction in a ...

Your doctor may also order tests of your blood and sputum—the mucus from the lungs. A bronchoscopy looks inside your lungs to see if an infection is the pneumonitis’ cause. The unexplained shortness ...

St. Helena Hospital recently celebrated "a major milestone" in advanced lung care -- the successful completion of its 100th ...

Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center performed its first procedure with the Ion robotic-assisted bronchoscopy system; ...

Scans, such as a CT or an X-ray, can reveal physical changes to the lungs. A bronchoscopy, which uses a flexible scope to ...

March 24th marks World Tuberculosis Day, commemorating the day in 1882 when Dr . Robert Koch announced the discovery of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacillus .

Respiratory therapy students at Gwynedd Mercy University are using liverwurst to perfect their biopsy techniques.

These small, one-way valves are implanted in the airways of the lungs using a minimally invasive bronchoscopy procedure. Once in place, they allow air to exit the over-inflated, diseased parts of the ...