“I was shocked,” she says. “I never smoked. I followed the rules. … Out of all the diseases, I end up with lung cancer.” Portillo’s surgeon removed her lower lobe of her left lung, the only location ...

It can include: Segmentectomy is the removal of part of a lung lobe. Lobectomy involves removing an entire lobe of a lung. Pneumonectomy is the removal of the entire lung. Sleeve resection is the ...

The frontal lobe is the anterior area of the human brain ... mean that brains are useless before humans turn 25. “E.g. your lungs are still developing/growing, until your early twenties.

A pulmonary bleb is a small collection of air between the lung and the outer surface of the lung (visceral pleura) usually found in the upper lobe of the lung. When a bleb ruptures the air escapes ...