The nation’s second largest city and its surrounding areas are now experiencing hazardous air quality - here's how these ...

Cigarette smoking is widespread and deadly, yet our understanding of how cigarette smoke actually causes serious respiratory ...

Lung cancer disproportionately affects Black communities. Discover the causes, risk factors, and prevention strategies to ...

Research led by Brock University has found a possible cure for lung diseases typically found in older adults, such as pulmonary fibrosis. The findings are published in the journal Aging Cell.

For individuals with chronic lung conditions, the winter season and the current cold snap poses significant challenges. We ...

Matthew Langsworth says he breathed in fungal spores for a decade, alleging that his landlord painted over black mold instead ...

Modern linear accelerators have multileaf collimators to automatically create individualized treatment fields for conformal radiotherapy and IMRT. Another feature of modern accelerators is the in ...

and you may need to have your FRC measured before lung surgery or if you have a lung disease such as emphysema or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Calculation of your FRC is a bit ...

COPD health risks: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a serious health condition that affects the lungs, and also poses a risk to a person's overall well-being. This disease raises ...

Whooping cough is generally considered a pediatric disease. People generally believe that childhood vaccinations offer protection for life, ‘which is completely not true,’ according to Dr ...

Introduction Acute exacerbation of interstitial lung disease (AE-ILD) often results in death and poses significant challenges in clinical management. While corticosteroids are frequently employed, the ...