Researchers at National Jewish Health and colleagues have identified a mechanism involved in the formation of mucus plugs in asthma. Mucus plugs are thick, sticky accumulations of mucus that can form ...

Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine have developed a tool that can identify airway mucus abnormalities in patients with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . With this detection ability, asthma and COPD could be more clearly displayed to clinicians during screening, ...

Airway stenting has emerged as a critical intervention for managing tracheal obstructions arising from both malignant and benign conditions. These devices are designed to maintain airway patency, ...

"We hope this new approach leads to new and improved treatments for patients with this complex condition as well as other tracheal obstruction conditions including tracheal cancer." Wu, J., et al.

Exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction (EILO) is caused by paradoxical inspiratory adduction of laryngeal structures during exercise. EILO is an important cause of upper airway dysfunction in young ...

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common sleep disorder characterized by intermittent airway blockages during sleep, leading to disrupted breathing. Despite advances in diagnostic tools, current ...

An infant tracheostomy is a medical procedure to create an opening in the neck to insert a tube into an infant’s windpipe, or trachea. Tracheostomies allow air to enter the lungs directly, bypassing ...