Take a deep breath. As air travels through your nose and mouth into your lungs, it brings oxygen into the body. To find out exactly how it all works, I talked to my friend Kim Chiok, a researcher at ...

Hadi Nia, Ph.D. wanted to learn about the inner workings of the lung in a way nobody had, but he knew he’d need something close to a crystal ball to see what was really happening. That idea, it turns ...

Your lungs work hard every day. Dr. Sudhanshu Rai shares three simple tests you can do at home to check your lung health.

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, ...

Lung disease is a general term for several disorders that include airway diseases, lung tissue diseases, and lung circulation diseases, some of which may lead to respiratory failure. During the course ...

How Does Libtayo Work for Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)? Libtayo is a specific kind of medicine called immunotherapy. Immunotherapies work by helping your body’s own immune system work to fight ...

Whether COVID-19 becomes a life-threatening disease depends, in part, on the virus reaching one's lungs. Scientists suspect the initial infected tissues in the upper airway can act as the source for ...

Smoking and vaping have become prevalent habits, globally impacting millions of people. While both activities are often seen as means to relax or socialize, their effects on lung health are ...