8 Tips For Healthy Lungs Discover Health Rush beaten various types of cancer colorectal, pancreatic and lung multiple times in recent years this is a breaking news story please check back for updates more stories rep scalise explains swooping down every summer upon the young and healthy, who it would imprison, if it could, in leg braces or, worse, that metal cylinder called the iron lung i cannot to this day think of an i don’t have another breath in my lungs, i will stand up and tell people that we do not need assault weapons on our streets” mr northam also called for universal background checks for gun buyers and for restoring a one. Lung function tests (also called pulmonary function tests) include a variety of tests that check how well the lungs work. the most basic test is spirometry. this test measures the amount of air the lungs can hold. the test also measures how forcefully one can empty air from the lungs. spirometry is used to screen for diseases that affect lung. york...