A 40-year-old smoker may have lungs functioning more like those of a 65-year-old. How do doctors determine lung age?

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Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States. The good news is that early detection ...

Chronic cough, breathlessness or pollution exposure may signal underlying lung disease. Here's when you should consider a ...

Your diet significantly impacts lung health, influencing inflammation and breathing. Avoiding processed meats, salty foods, ...

A study of the lungs of people who have died from COVID-19 has found persistent and extensive lung damage in most cases and may help doctors understand what is behind a syndrome known as 'long COVID', ...

CASES of a killer disease prevalent during the Victorian era have been on the rise – and symptoms could be mistaken for flu ...

Lung cancer symptoms may appear differently in women than in men. Lung cancer tends to be diagnosed at a later stage in females, when the disease has already advanced. This means women may be more ...

Indiana farmers are expected to harvest 10.6 million acres of corn and soybeans this fall, powering the state’s agri-industry ...

The lung disease bronchiectasis plays out as a vicious cycle. Infection leads to inflammation followed by the impaired ability to clear the excess mucus coughed up from the lungs. These problems lead ...

While adults have dominated long COVID headlines, a growing body of research is revealing that teenagers are experiencing persistent lung damage that’s fundamentally different from what we see in ...