Senator Shelley Moore Capito has written a formal letter asking for a reversal of cuts to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, which runs a coal mine lung disease screening ...

That ended two years ago when, at the age of 43, he was diagnosed with advanced black lung disease. He’s now waiting for a lung transplant, breathes with the help of an oxygen tank, and needs ...

The assessment of patients with non-neoplastic lung diseases requires a multidisciplinary approach with evaluation of clinical, radiologic, and pathologic parameters. This chapter will review ...

The study found a significant association between vaping and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), as well as elevated blood pressure in adults aged 30 to 70. Published in Nicotine & Tobacco ...

which is increasingly recognized as post-TB lung disease that affects tens of millions of TB patients. "Current treatment regimens for TB are lengthy, expensive and leave patients vulnerable to ...

tuberculosis, says Medha Singh, Ph.D., the study’s first author and a pediatric infectious diseases fellow in the school of medicine, promoting necrotic niches within the lung that prevent immune ...

Oncology, cardiology and endocrinology organizations have nutrition guidelines for disease prevention. Diet has a direct and indirect impact on lung health. SMART goals can help improve food choices.

One such condition- bronchiolitis obliterans, more commonly known as popcorn lung is increasingly showing up in young vape users. This rare but chronic respiratory disease is not only irreversible ...

accounting for >80% of all lung cancer cases in the United States. Cigarette smoking is the predominant cause of this disease and former smokers remain at elevated risk. About 40% of NSCLCs consist of ...

Health and respiratory problems related to lungs can come in many forms. The latest one that has come to light is popcorn lungs. Recently, social media has been abuzz with the case of Brianna ...

The event's mission is to spread awareness and raise money for lung disease. Keegan Smith is 10 years old and has been waiting on a life-saving lung transplant since 2022. His mom, Kerensa ...