New data identifies two key risk factors for high-altitude pulmonary edema, a leading cause of death on the mountain.

Officials said Friday that Betsy Arakawa, the wife of Academy Award-winning actor Gene Hackman, died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome last month in the couple’s home in New Mexico. Hantavirus ...

Teamwork: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Early Lung Cancer: Personalized Care A nurse practitioner with NYU's pulmonary intervention team chronicles the NSCLC patient experience from diagnosis to ...

Edema, or fluid retention, does not always require treatment. However, a doctor will address any underlying causes and may prescribe medications such as furosemide or heparin to reduce fluids in ...

and pulmonary edema. Doctors use the phrase lung disease or respiratory disease to describe the many different conditions that affect the respiratory, or breathing, system. What are the different ...

Three of the 4 rabbits so treated showed no pulmonary edema on post-mortem examination at twenty-nine days and had normal tracheas and lungs. On the basis of the findings in experimental pulmonary ...

Accepted therapy of pulmonary edema is contraindicated in shock, central nervous system lesions, or pregnancy. Diagnosis of the underlying disease is not always immediately possible. Alcohol ...

At other times, the swelling (also known as periorbital edema) may be a sign of a potentially serious medical condition like an eye infection, thyroid disease, or diabetes. Certain clues can point you ...