On average, we breath around 20 times per minute, every minute and every hour, day, week, month and year of our lives. It is one of the first things we do immediately after birth and one of the last ...

Key Points Development of the lung as a derivative of the upper gastrointestinal tract. Predisposition of anatomy of the lungs to aspiration of food, saliva, and vomitus. Development of four-chambered ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and AlveoliX have developed the first human 'lung-on-chip' model using stem cells ...

Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to every other organ, and blood-forming stem cells must make about 200 billion new red blood cells each day to keep the oxygen flowing. For many years, ...

Cold air can irritate the airways that carry air into the lungs, potentially causing symptoms like coughing, chest tightness, and trouble breathing.

Histoplasmosis is a fungal infection that can cause swelling, inflammation, and, sometimes, small semi-opaque or calcified nodules on the lungs. However, histoplasmosis does not always cause symptoms.

Lung cancer is the third most common cancer in the United States. Each year, about 225,000 people in the country are diagnosed. Doctors classify lung cancer into types depending on the way cancer ...

During Healthy Lung Month and the cold part of the year, you might be thinking a little more than normal about the way you breathe. But during any part of the year, we all need to get oxygen to live.

Smoking can cause lungs to look blackened, inflated, and inflamed, but some of the damage is reversible. Depending on the extent of the damage, it could take years for your lungs to regain a healthy, ...

Alcohol-related lung disease (ARLD) is an umbrella term for lung problems that relate to excessive alcohol consumption. This damage may result from various lung conditions, such as viral infections, ...