Smaller airway structures among women were associated with increased risk for chronic lung diseases including COPD, according to secondary analyses of the COPDGene cohort published in Radiology. “The ...

Sex differences in airway size are not innate, but likely develop because of hormonal changes around puberty, reports a new study by the University of Waterloo. Smaller airways can lead to the ...

Infants born preterm have significantly lower nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal volumes, compared with newborn peers carried to full term, and those lower airway volumes are independent of the infants' ...

Snoring can be caused by several different factors and can sometimes be due or lead to sleep apnea, a condition that causes a person to temporarily stop breathing while they sleep. Men are more likely ...

The new Airway app will offer a non-invasive, radiation-free solution for large-scale airway screening in both pediatric and adult populations. Airway is a first-of-its-kind mobile platform that aims ...

Lynn A. D'Andrea, a sleep specialist at the University of Michigan Medical School, explains. Snoring is the sound produced by vibrating structures of the upper airway, typically during inhalation. Any ...

Scientists have found the secret to felines' finesse at sniffing out food, friends and foes. A complex collection of tightly coiled bony airway structures gets the credit, according to the first ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Scientists have found the secret to felines’ finesse at sniffing out food, friends and foes. A complex collection of tightly coiled bony airway structures gets the credit, according ...