This study explored the relationship between lung health and the recently updated Cardiovascular ... The Main cohort excluded participants with a history of asthma, chronic bronchial disease, and ...

Birds are breathing in high levels of airborne microplastics into their lungs—and, likely, so are we, with unclear effects on ...

Despite ongoing progress, structural racism and health disparities continue to shape health care practices in ways health ...

Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to every other organ, and blood-forming stem cells must make about 200 billion ...

Yes, your lungs begin to heal after quitting vaping. However, healing time and lung repair depend on many factors. Learn ...

Objectives Interstitial lung disease associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA-ILD) is linked to high mortality. Currently, ...

Medically reviewed by Susan Russell, MD The term "smoker's lung" refers to lung damage caused by smoking cigarettes. Over ...

Recent research published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine confirms that emphysema was detected in 24% to 31% of patients undergoing lung cancer screening. This means that for millions of Americans, ...

Background: Combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE) commonly coexists with connective tissue diseases (CTD), such as rheumatoid ... developed interstitial lung disease (ILD), with 74 (7.6%) ...

The average amount, 4,800 micrograms per gram of microplastics in brain tissue, was found to be equivalent to the amount found in a standard plastic spoon, according to the study. MORE ...

Air pollution is fuelling a rise in the most common form of lung cancer among non-smokers, hitting women and people in Southeast Asia particularly hard, according to a study published on Tuesday ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a group of progressive lung diseases that obstruct ... 2023 had ever received a diagnosis of COPD, emphysema, or chronic bronchitis.