Myasthenia gravis is a neuromuscular junction disorder with a hallmark of progressive muscle weakness and frequent ...

Pope Francis was hospitalized on Feb. 14 after suffering a bout of bronchitis for weeks and after increasingly finding it ...

Preoperative glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) use is not associated with short-term postoperative ...

Patients using GLP-1 drugs had no difference in the odds of postoperative aspiration pneumonia versus non-users. Preoperative ...

This cohort study found no significant association between the preoperative use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) and short-term postoperative aspiration pneumonia despite ...

Pope Francis is being treated in hospital for double pneumonia — but what is this condition, and why might the pope be particularly vulnerable to it?

(Pneumonia can also sometimes arise when food or drinks are inhaled into the lungs, causing "aspiration pneumonia.") Bacterial pneumonia is more common and usually more severe than viral pneumonia ...

Earlier, the Vatican had said the 88-year-old had a “polymicrobial infection of the respiratory tract” and pneumonia in both lungs, with tests indicating a “complex clinical picture.” ...

Inhaling the stomach acid that rises into your throat can cause an infection in your lungs known as aspiration pneumonia. Aspiration pneumonia occurs when you breathe something other than air into ...

such as viral pneumonia, which is caused by a virus, such as Covid-19, and aspiration pneumonia, which can be caused by breathing in vomit, a foreign object, such as a peanut, or a harmful ...