The American Lung Association hosted its 18th annual stair climb in Milwaukee, where participants, including firefighters, climbed 30 stories to raise funds and awareness for lung health.
Bronchiolitis remains the leading cause of hospital admission in infancy and of paediatric intensive care unit use.1 Management of bronchiolitis has been largely limited to supportive care, reflecting ...
A new law aims to protect workers from silicosis, a lung disease linked to popular household countertops. Experts say it ...
Dr. Jeffrey Yang from Mass. General Brigham discusses some of the new risk factors for lung cancer, many of which don't even involve smoking.
Dr. Sheeva Talebian is haunted by how long “we’ve conditioned women to believe that debilitating pain is normal.” It’s a ...
Ultimately, González was diagnosed with silicosis, a distinct form of pulmonary fibrosis, or severe lung scarring. Silicosis is a condition that once "was synonymous with mining disasters," the CBS ...
Considering how difficult it is to clean glitter out of a rug, it’s no stretch to imagine the challenge of removing it from the lungs.  But that’s exactly the kind of task a group of doctors in ...
Workers are filing lawsuits against the countertop industry as cases of silicosis, a deadly lung disease, rise.
In a new study, researchers found that being hospitalized for flu or COVID-19 was linked to a 24 percent increase in later lung cancer risk. Learn how to protect yourself.
Crystalline silica, which is released into the air when workers cut and polish engineered stone for kitchen countertops, can scar human lungs beyond repair.
Severe COVID-19 and influenza infections prime the lungs for cancer and can accelerate the disease's development, but vaccination heads off those harmful effects, new research from UVA Health's Beirne ...
A common mold has killed two people and left four others seriously ill at one of Sydney's largest hospitals. Health authorities are investigating a cluster of fungal infections at the Royal Prince ...