In Germany, about ten per cent of all children are born before the 37th week of pregnancy and are thus considered premature. Many of these premature babies require help with breathing due to their ...

In October, the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences hosted a conference on negative pressure ventilation, a less common but useful breathing therapy alternative.

New research finds that premature lungs become stiffer than adult lungs under stress. This disrupts the function of transporters that are important for removing water from the lungs after birth. Many ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - An unfortunate truth about the use of mechanical ventilation to save the lives of patients in respiratory distress is that the pressure used to inflate the lungs is likely to cause ...

A new study from Tulane University suggests that repeated collapse and reopening of tiny alveoli-air sacs in the lungs essential for breathing-during mechanical ventilation may cause microscopic ...

An unfortunate truth about the use of mechanical ventilation to save the lives of patients in respiratory distress is that the pressure used to inflate the lungs is likely to cause further lung damage ...

Researchers in Japan are testing whether oxygen can be delivered through the human intestine. The method—tested in animal ...

Breakthrough research addresses a long-standing question in pulmonary medicine about whether modern ventilators overstretch lung tissue. They do. These cutting-edge findings by UC Riverside ...

Devotional items are seen at the base of a statue of St. John Paul II outside of Rome's Gemelli hospital March 19, 2025, while a religious sister prays. (CNS photo/Pablo Esparza) Pope Francis is now ...