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Rare lung diseases affect people nationwide, yet many patients go undiagnosed or misdiagnosed for years. One rare lung disease that illustrates the challenges of timely diagnosis is autoimmune pulmona ...

Belgian investigators presented new research at the European Respiratory Society’s Annual Congress in Amsterdam. They discovered that a diffusion-weighted MRI scan (a new method of diagnostic imaging) ...

October 7, 2011 (Miami Beach, Florida) — Radiation to the whole breast for early breast cancer does not place women at increased risk for long-term pulmonary toxicity, compared with mastectomy, ...

A newly identified lung cell “switch” could help doctors unlock the lungs’ natural ability to heal themselves.

What Is Obstructive Lung Disease? People with obstructive lung disease have shortness of breath because it's hard for them to exhale all the air from their lungs. Because of damage to the lungs or ...

CIGARETTE smoke has been found to be closely related to the increased incidence of pulmonary cancer. 1 The epic work of Auerbach et al. 2 on the effects of smoking on the tracheobronchial epithelium ...

Interstitial lung disease is a group of conditions that cause scarring in your lungs. The scarring often leads to breathing problems, which can range from mild to severe. Interstitial lung disease ...