After your final cigarette, your lungs start working to clean themselves. Some habits, like exercise and avoiding pollutants, may help support your lung health. If you’ve recently quit smoking, you’ve ...

Catching a "breath of fresh air" has new meaning for a North Texas woman. For more than 20 years, 62-year-old Joyce Stovall of Mansfield stayed attached to an oxygen tank. She was diagnosed in her 30s ...

A unique procedure at Northwestern could cut down long waiting lists for those in need of a lung transplant. Nicknamed “lungs in a box,” the ex-vivo lung perfusion procedure allows donated lungs to be ...

MILWAUKEE — About two years ago, John McLees' lungs had become so badly damaged that he could barely get from one side of his small condo to the other without feeling like he'd just finished an ...

If you had any doubts that the universe is conspiring—in real time—to get you off those stinking sticks of tar and tobacco, here’s a trivia. As soon as you quit smoking, your lungs start to ...

The first randomized controlled trial to compare two different lung volume reduction procedures for people with emphysema has found that both lead to similar improvements in lung function, ...

Phlegm buildup in the lungs and throat is a common problem, especially during colds, allergies, pollution exposure, or respiratory infections. Phlegm is a thick mucus produced by the respiratory ...