Tightness or heaviness in the chest can result from various mental and physical health conditions, including stress, muscle strain, and lung complications. It can also be a sign of a heart attack.

Deputies located Small with a single gunshot wound to the chest cavity; EMS personnel pronounced him deceased.

Usually, there is a thin, fluid-filled space between the linings of the lungs and the chest cavity. When breathing in and out, the lungs glide smoothly over this tissue. In pleurisy, the friction ...

According to police reports, pathologist Dr. Hubert Daisley halted the routine autopsy procedure on Wednesday after noticing bruising on Castanada’s chest and abdomen. The discovery raised ...

The toxicologist said, "in cases like this, it's impossible to tell because we have to take the blood sample from a different part of the chest cavity instead of the inner thigh, which is where we ...

"If the stomach and liver were not in that chest cavity, it's possible that the number we got back could be lower. Having that there, the number I'm seeing might be artificially elevated because ...

to shift into his chest cavity.” According to an article published by the National Institutes of Health, diaphragmatic injuries are relatively uncommon, representing less than 1% of traumatic ...

Tragically, since the 13-year-old's death, which was caused by pleuropneumonia (a bacterial infection that affects both the lungs and the chest cavity), there have been seven other racehorses to ...

These symptoms might indicate a lung abscess or empyema (pus collection in the chest cavity), conditions often requiring surgical drainage. When breathing changes occur without obvious explanation ...

“The most significant wound entered his left lower back and the projectile injured multiple organs prior to coming to rest loose within the left chest cavity. “That particular wound would have ...

A hiatus hernia is when part of the stomach breaches the chest cavity. After the operation, his right lung collapsed and there were deteriorations in his blood circulation, metabolism and kidney ...