The conceptual work presented here discusses the mechanisms regulating alveolar fluid clearance ... The Lectin-Like Region of TNF Ameliorates High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE) in Rats Prophylactic ...

Researchers have been trying for decades to stop the cells that damage the lung in people with pulmonary fibrosis. Now a team ...

High altitude pulmonary edema, or HAPE, is a progression of the breathlessness feeling. It is caused by a dilation of blood vessels in the lungs to allow more oxygen to flow. If the blood vessels leak ...

In a recent study, Mass General Brigham researchers demonstrated that through low-cost genetic samples that can be obtained from a cheek swab or blood test, they can improve identification of people ...

The Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a passenger jet near Washington, D.C., last week may have been flying higher than the maximum altitude for its training mission, authorities say.

The new detail suggests the Army helicopter was flying above 200 feet (61 meters), the maximum altitude for the route it was using. Preliminary data indicates the control tower's radar showed the ...

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 ...

We demonstrated that decreases in ambient pressure cause predictable unintended insulin delivery by two independent mechanisms ... At cruising altitude, take the cartridge out of the pump and ...

However, the function and mechanism of IL-11 in these diseases ... targeting pregnancy-associated plasma protein A2 (58). Pulmonary hypertension (PH), a chronic fatal disease, is characterized by high ...

A recent survey of chest physicians providing advice to patients with respiratory disease who wished to travel by air concluded that “the risk of hypoxia at altitude is recognised ... with chronic ...