The pleura is a vital part of the respiratory tract and is vulnerable to conditions that can affect how it works and how well you breathe. Some of the more common include pleurisy, pleural effusion, ...

A Maine coon cat named Mittens became an accidental jetsetter this month when her cage was overlooked in a plane cargo hold and she made three trips in 24 hours between New Zealand and Australia.

The following is a summary of “Ultrasound analysis of hemidiaphragm function in case of pleural effusion,” published in the January 2025 issue of Pulmonology by Boussuges et al. Researchers conducted ...

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What could possibly go wrong? Pets of any kind have long been banned from the research base located on Antarctica, but a cat-loving group of scientists want to change that. At McMurdo Station ...

The film tells the story of a cat's journey through a surreal, dream-like landscape, with its message about collaboration and trust deeply personal to Zilbalodis. The director explained ...

Three main signs have been described in ILD with lung ultrasound (LUS): the number of B lines, the irregularity and the thickening of the pleural line. Cross-sectional studies already correlated the ...

Ultrasound imaging typically reveals multiple small nodules accompanied by thickening of the ipsilateral tunica vaginalis and effusion. In some cases, the nodules involve the epididymis, and certain ...