The term "smoker's lung" refers to lung damage caused by smoking cigarettes. Over time, the chemicals in cigarettes damage ...

Lung cancer rates and deaths have fallen precipitously in recent decades overall — but diagnoses are rising for nonsmokers. (Getty Images) November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, which brings both ...

There was encouraging news last week, that, at long last, deaths related to lung cancer are going down significantly. However, in this week's Moves in Medicine, we look at the new challenge: Why are ...

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, ...

Barry Manilow has been open about his long history with cigarettes. “I smoked for 30 years. I started when I was 9 years old, ...

Lung disease is a silent and often deadly threat that lurks in the lives of smokers. For many, smoking is a habit formed over years, becoming a part of their daily routine. However, the consequences ...

Epidemiological studies have reported statistically significant relationships between long-term air pollution and mortality over the past 50 years, frequently without controlling for smoking. Smoking ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — Hundreds of thousands of Americans will receive a lung cancer diagnosis this year. Alabama’s five-year survival rate is trailing the rest of the county. 21.3% of lung cancer ...

Cigarette smoking is by far the biggest risk factor for lung cancer, data shows — but in a surprising turn of events, the most common form of the disease is primarily found in non-smokers. Researchers ...

Leslie Stoll developed a blood clot that led to a pulmonary embolism after she broke her leg in 2014. The embolism was treated, but another occurred when Stoll had surgery on her foot years later.

Lung cancer patients historically have received less support, sympathy, and attention because of the disease’s association with smoking. Despite being the No. 1 cancer killer in the U.S. and ...

The lungs belonged to a 52-year-old brain dead person who had indeed smoked for nearly 30 years. However ... What's False There's no evidence the person specifically smoked a pack a day, nor did the ...