A common health problem, lung diseases range from mild to severe. WebMD breaks down the information and describes the types and causes of some common lung diseases.

COVID-19 is a serious respiratory disease, but how does it really affect your lungs if you get infected? Here’s what coronavirus can do to your lungs in mild-to-moderate, severe, and critical cases.

Your lungs are great at trapping bad stuff before it gets to your bloodstream, but some particles from wildfires and gas-burning vehicles are so small that they slip right by the alveoli and may ...

Here's what helps and hurts your lungs when it comes to wildfires, weed, infections and more so they can keep filtering pollutants and powering your workout.

Medically reviewed by Soma Mandal, MDOrthopnea is the sensation of breathlessness when lying down that goes away when sitting ...

When air goes down into the lungs, it passes through smaller and smaller tubes and ends up in tiny air sacs called alveoli. Oxygen passes through the walls of the alveoli and enters tiny blood ...

Artificial breathing system reveals alveoli function in lungs Chip mimics inhalation and exhalation, allowing scientists to study flow patterns in the bronchial network.

A basic review of the anatomy, physiology and personal protective equipment related to the respiratory system.

The Nature study examined the epithelial cells that line the surfaces of lung gas-exchange alveoli for stem cell behavior that could restore normal respiratory function after severe injury caused ...

Learn more about how COPD affects your health and changes your body, and what you can do about that to prevent or reduce your risk for this progressive lung disease.

PULMONARY alveolar microlithiasis is a rare and extraordinary disease in which microscopic stones are found within the pulmonary alveoli. The lungs, which are heavy and stony hard, cut with the gre ...