A better understanding of inflammation and lung immunity over the past two decades has led to new, innovative treatments for ...

Evidence from 13th-century chroniclers and physicians indicates plague may have been involved in epidemics a century before ...

You might not think that there's a link between the state where you reside and your risk of death from cancer. Interestingly, ...

In order to know where Black health is going, it's important to look at where it's been, experts in the field said.

Rising air pollution, changes in hormone levels, immune system imbalances and longer life expectancy are increasing the risk ...

The NAACP is urging cancer be declared as a public health crisis in the Black community in response to troubling CDC research.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a group of progressive lung diseases that obstruct airflow. You may experience breathing difficulties, but you can treat and even prevent flare-ups.

A spirometry test is one way to distinguish the type of lung disease. Emphysema and chronic bronchitis are both long-term lung conditions. They’re part of a disorder known as chronic obstructive ...

This requires not only better understanding of airway pathophysiology but also an enhanced ability to make physiological measurements of disease activity and lung function and, if we are to impact on ...

Even with new, cutting-edge treatments, the five-year survival rate of patients with metastatic lung disease is only 6%. Switching from coal to gas is like seeing one of my patients switch from ...

The aim is to develop personalised treatments for Asian patients with chronic lung disease, and augment the development of national and regional strategies to improve lung health, particularly for ...