Wintertime unfortunately means cold and flu season. And for the estimated 40 million people who get the flu each year, it can ...

Finding it hard to breathe when you lay down is medically called orthopnea. Find a list of potential causes to help narrow ...

These are particles with a diameter of less than 2.5 micrometres that can penetrate deeper into the lungs, the heart and blood stream. If you already have a lung condition, are elderly or very ...

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. American Lung Association. What is walking pneumonia? Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Clinical features ...

Scientists today hailed a breakthrough after discovering exactly how smoking can damage the lungs. Although rates in the UK are falling, the country's growing population means roughly 6.4million ...

For nearly all of my 30 years traveling around the sun, I’ve suffered from debilitating allergies of some sort. As a young child, I was often laid up by hay fever, as well as by allergies to ...

The iron lung was less invasive than modern technology, but it would be far less effective in treating acute or respiratory conditions that require high-pressure support, like pneumonia ...

A lung biopsy involves the removal of tissue or growths from the lungs. A doctor will use special devices, such as a fine needle, to remove the sample. A lung biopsy can help diagnose lung ...

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 ...