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Silicosis is one of those illnesses that quietly builds itself over years, often without warning, until breathing, something ...

When appropriate, surgery remains the most effective treatment option for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), including for patients with COPD, said Friedberg, professor in the Department of Thoracic ...

Large genetic study links telomere-related polygenic risk to distinct idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis subgroups, improving disease prediction.

Sabari recommends regular activity, such as walking 30 minutes a day several times a week, to help maintain lung strength.

The secrets of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) are written in its very name. Idiopathic refers to a disease of unknown cause, and the condition, which turns healthy lung tissue into fibrous scar ...

Fibrosis of the lungs is often a silent disease until it's too late. By the time patients are diagnosed, the scarring of their lung tissue is already advanced, and current treatments offer little more ...

Sometimes, a simple illness can become life-threatening in ways most people cannot imagine.

Why does the face scar less than the rest of the body? New research uncovers the cellular pathway behind this difference.

For two days, the patient lived as a human being with no lungs, stabilized by a machine that breathed and buffered his ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My childhood friend just emailed me that she has a 1.1-cm lesion on her lung. It was found on a CT scan. She’s having another CT scan today. She is a former smoker and has COPD. Is the ...