The lung tissue of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease contains triple the sootlike particle buildup found in similar tissue in smokers’ lungs, a recent analysis finds.

What is cyclic vomiting syndrome? Woman throws up every week when she experiences stress, anxiety or has her menstrual cycle. Diagnosis and treatment explained.

Sharisse Zeroonian has been diagnosed with cyclic vomiting syndrome, a rare condition that causes sudden episodes of vomiting, which was also explored on an episode of Grey’s Anatomy.

New research has identified the mechanism by which air pollution damages the lungs’ self-cleaning system, leaving us vulnerable to infection. In doing so, it has also identified a way to reverse ...

Microplastics are ubiquitous in the environment, and we all routinely inhale these tiny pollutants. Now new research published at the ATS 2025 International Conference has found that inhaled ...

Study finds lung capacity starts to decline between ages 20 and 25, highlighting the importance of early lung health monitoring and care.

Popcorn lung is more than just a strange name — it’s a serious, irreversible lung disease linked to chemicals in some vape flavours.

A US teenager was recently reported to have developed the oddly named medical condition "popcorn lung" after vaping in secret for three years. Officially known as bronchiolitis obliterans, popcorn ...

Most cases of nocardiosis start out as lung infections, in which pus-filled cavities, or abscesses containing the bacteria, form in the lungs.

Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to every other organ, and blood-forming stem cells must make about 200 billion new red blood cells each day to keep the oxygen flowing. For many years, ...

Microscopic plastic pollutants drifting through the air are lodging in the lungs of birds, a new University of Texas at Arlington study finds. Researchers worldwide are increasingly alarmed by how ...

Pope Francis, still hospitalized, has pneumonia in both lungs Vatican officials cleared his schedule through the weekend due a “complex” infection plaguing the 88-year-old pontiff.