Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and pulmonary fibrosis (also called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, or IPF) are both serious lifelong diseases that make it hard for you to breathe.

The iron lung, conceptualized in the late 1920s, was most notably the first line of defense against polio during the epidemics that occurred between 1948 to 1955. The device saved the lives of ...

For example, if a person has smaller lung nodules, a biopsy may be too risky and difficult to justify. However, when it is medically necessary, a biopsy can shape an individual’s outlook and ...

Today, Australian researchers reveal how multiple chemicals found in cigarette smoke and e-cigarettes alter the function of a key type of immune cell found in the lungs. Cigarette smoking is known ...

Research is still in the early stages of how vaping affects lungs – but worrying conditions, like ‘popcorn lung’, are on the rise. Dr Stephen Broderick, of John Hopkins Medicine, has now ...