On average, we breath around 20 times per minute, every minute and every hour, day, week, month and year of our lives. It is one of the first things we do immediately after birth and one of the last ...

An organ is a group of tissues that work together to perform a specific task in the body, such as digesting nutrients or producing chemical messengers that enable brain cells to communicate. Although ...

Histoplasmosis is a fungal infection that can cause swelling, inflammation, and, sometimes, small semi-opaque or calcified nodules on the lungs. However, histoplasmosis does not always cause symptoms.

Also known as coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, black lung disease (or miner’s lung) is typically the result of inhaling coal dust for many years that causes scarring in the lungs and makes breathing ...

Squamous cell lung cancer starts in the squamous cells: thin, flat cells that line the inside of the airways in your lungs. If you're diagnosed after the cancer has spread, it tends to be more ...

Lung cancer is the third most common cancer in the United States. Each year, about 225,000 people in the country are diagnosed. Doctors classify lung cancer into types depending on the way cancer ...

In the mid-20th century, community spaces like swimming pools and sporting events became a source of anxiety for parents who were frightened by the rampant spread of poliovirus. Their concerns weren’t ...

Alcohol-related lung disease (ARLD) is an umbrella term for lung problems that relate to excessive alcohol consumption. This damage may result from various lung conditions, such as viral infections, ...