Pneumonia can be caused by a virus, bacteria or fungus. Each of these can cause an immune reaction in the tissues of the ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - An 85-year-old woman said she is homeless for the holidays. Her family blames a contractor for not ...

Patients living with emphysema experience shortness of breath because areas within the lungs are diseased and are holding trapped air (hyperinflation of the lung). This makes it difficult to inhale ...

Stanford Medicine/Youtube Stanford University School of Medicine clinical professor and researcher Dr. Bryant Lin has been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer despite never smoking in his life.

A recent study led by Shuqi Wang and Liyao Xu, Tianjin Medical University states that our heart and lung fitness can save ourselves from cognitive decline. Also read | Dementia risk factors you ...

If you have a lung disease, one treatment option your doctor may suggest is a type of surgery called a lobectomy, which involves removing a portion of your lung called a lobe. Your lungs are made ...

Cynthia Crawford, 90, receives assistance from a home health care nurse in Sarasota, Florida, highlighting the growing need for home health services among the elderly. Carolyn Dickens, 76, a lung ...

Pulmonary atresia (PA) is a heart defect. It happens when the baby's heart doesn’t form as it should in the uterus. This can happen during the first 8 weeks of pregnancy. PA is a problem with the ...

Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in the lung is one form of non-small cell lung cancer. Non-small cell lung cancers account for about 85% of lung cancers, many of them associated with smoking. Of these, ...

The easiest phones for seniors utilize large buttons, voice commands, and simplified navigation. Every phone on this list costs under $400, and they all work on networks that require no long-term ...

Air pollution can affect everyone, but the most vulnerable are children, the elderly, pregnant women, and those with pre-existing lung ailments PM 2.5 are tiny yet harmful particles from sources like ...

From the Surgical Clinic of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital. Read before the Annual Meeting of the New England Surgical Society at Burlington, Vt., September 28, 1934. Homans, John — Surgeon to ...