Plication of the diaphragm is performed for paralysis or eventration (abnormal elevation/shape) of the diaphragm which can result in breathing difficulties. Diaphragm paralysis is typically due to ...

In this week's Moves in Medicine, Temple Health doctors look at an uncommon, but very serious condition call diaphragm paralysis. It can easily be repaired, if it is diagnosed in the first place.

The gas exchange system is responsible for getting oxygen into the blood and removing carbon dioxide as a person breathes. Breathing is also called 'ventilation' and is the movement of gases into and ...

Inflammation caused by lupus may affect the lungs in many ways, and can involve the membrane lining of the lungs, the lungs themselves, the blood vessels within the lungs, and the diaphragm. The most ...

Our lungs are a clever combination of effective filter and pair of bellows, huffing and puffing air in and out, pumping with muscle and the aid of the diaphragm and rib cage. Every cell in the body ...

Inhalation and exhalation is the same as breathing or ventilation and is a physical process which moves air into and out of your lungs. Respiration is not the same as breathing, and is a chemical ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Two ALS patients at Saint Mary’s Health Care recently became the first in the area to receive a new diaphragm pacer – a device that works like a heart pacer for the lungs. The ...

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a dangerous malformation of the lungs and diaphragm that causes almost a third of affected babies to die from underdeveloped lungs. Medical researchers made ...