Among adults aged 40 years and older, women have an increased risk for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

The film discusses the anatomical and functional significance of the nose, throat, and ears from a medical perspective. It explains how the nose functions as an air passage that warms and filters ...

Among adults with interstitial lung disease requiring ICU care, women faced a lower adjusted likelihood for mortality vs. men ...

About 11% of patients died or were delisted while waiting for a transplant prior to 2017, but that declined to about 8% after ...

Women with COPD, asthma, and OSA may go undiagnosed or without proper care because their symptomatology differs from the male ...

Matthew Viggiano, MD, internal medicine resident, Temple University Hospital, shares findings on a study in which female patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) admitted to the intensive care ...

Dr. Samuel Rosner, a thoracic oncologist at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, said a growing number of people, particularly women under 65, are ...

It accounts for about 30% (or 1 in 3) of all new female cancers each year ... Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women. (Only lung cancer kills more women each year.) The ...

Paleontologists have discovered a new species, albeit a very old new species. The fossilized creature, which they are calling ...

It’s the subject of a growing body of research that cites a constellation of characteristics: big hearts, immense lung capacity, robust musculoskeletal systems and long, thin legs – all of ...

Genes. Genes from both male and female parents may influence a person’s predisposition to male or female pattern baldness. Stress, illness, and childbirth. These can cause temporary hair loss.