Researchers have discovered a fundamental mechanism that affects the size of the pupil, namely our breathing. The study shows that the pupil is smallest during inhalation and largest during exhalation ...

Cody Simmons has undergone two open-heart surgeries and wasn't expected to live past his first birthday, but he's defying the ...

Babies born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome typically require multiple surgeries in the first few years of life, but ...

Heart sounds are one tool providers use to assess heart health. Learn about systolic, diastolic, and S1 to S4 heart sounds in ...

A study by the Penn State Department of Nutritional Sciences found that low vitamin D levels in the first trimester of pregnancy are associated with higher rates of preterm birth and decreased fetal ...

Paris-based sales company Alpha Violet has taken international sales on teen mental health drama “How to Be Normal and the Oddness of the Other World,” a first feature by Austrian filmmaker ...

Lung biopsy is a relatively frequently performed procedure with considerable benefit for patient management but it may, on rare occasions, result in the death of the patient. It is a multidisciplinary ...

Read on to learn more about resting heart rate including normal resting heart rates based on age, target heart rate zones during activity and red flags to consider, plus causes of an elevated ...

Watch this brave little girl deal with a very tough start to life after being diagnosed with an extremely rare lung disease ... all of her newborn screenings, acted, and looked ‘normal ...

Despite airways which are thought to be normal at birth, 90% of patients with cystic fibrosis ... For both research and clinical purposes, measures of lung involvement should ideally be (1) sensitive ...