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 ...

The actor tells AARP about her mom’s struggle with pulmonary fibrosis and the warning signs that might help others get an earlier diagnosis ...

Imagine you go to the healthcare provider because you have a bad cough, or maybe you fell and hurt your ribs.

Tuberculosis is usually discussed as a disease of the lungs. Cough, fever, weight loss and weakness are the symptoms most people recognise.But doctors.

A recent study has found that severe cases COVID-19 or influenza can leave lasting changes in the lungs that increase the risk of lung cancer years later. The study was conducted by researchers from ...

A new California law aims to protect workers from silicosis, an incurable lung disease that has killed 29 people in the state ...

Forget giving blood – these young people are offering strangers their body parts. Such generosity could revolutionise the ...

Crystalline silica, which is released into the air when workers cut and polish engineered stone for kitchen countertops, can scar human lungs beyond repair.

A worker in Tipton, Indiana, polishes the edge of a kitchen countertop, cut from a slab of quartz, in 2019. (Michael Conroy/AP) César Manuel González, 37, used to work with stone that was engineered ...

An Edmonton woman with a rare lung condition becomes one of the first in Western Canada to receive a life‑saving surgery now offered at the Mazankowski Heart Institute.

Six years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of Americans are still living with its long-term effects.

Summary: While both the flu and COVID-19 are respiratory viruses that can leave lasting lung damage, only COVID-19 appears to leave a persistent, inflammatory footprint on the brain. New research ...