Lungs are remarkable organs that continuously achieve amazing feats, which they do so well that we take them for granted, except when their function is diminished. It all happens in a space inside ...

We all know by now that our body is made up of trillions of cells. What we sometimes forget is that every single one of those ...

Heart health gets a lot of attention, but the state of our lungs — which provide oxygen and allow us to speak, sing and smell — historically hasn’t received the same amount of concern. That is until ...

UCLA researchers have successfully grown miniature lungs from stem cells—complete with their own functioning blood vessel networks. The groundbreaking work, detailed in Cell, marks the first time ...

What Is an Incentive Spirometer? An incentive spirometer is a device you inhale through to exercise your lungs and get air into every nook and cranny. It measures how much air you can take into your ...

A five-year study found that lung growth improved after London introduced its Ultra Low Emission Zone, offering new evidence that reducing traffic pollution could benefit children s health.

New runners can feel as though their lungs are burning after running for some distance. Running forces you to breathe more rapidly, meaning your lungs work harder to get oxygen throughout your body.

Pulmonary contusion is bruising in or on a person’s lungs. Blood leaks into the lung tissue and can stop the lungs from working properly. Bruising of the lungs can happen due to blunt trauma, such as ...

Ever since pulmonologist Anand S. Iyer, M.D., began working in an ICU—and especially since he’s treated people with severe COVID-19, putting them on ventilators, handling end-of-life care, and ...

Liver disease can lead to complications that affect your lungs, such as the buildup of fluid around your lungs or high blood pressure in the arteries that lead to your lungs from your heart. Your ...

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Uterine cancer in the lungs occurs when cancer cells from your uterus travel to your lungs. It is also known as metastatic uterine cancer or recurrent uterine cancer. Share on Pinterest FG Trade/Getty ...