You may feel healthy, stay active and have no obvious illness, yet your lungs could still be showing early signs of trouble.

Can your lungs recover after years of smoking? Pulmonologist explains what improves after quitting, what damage may be ...

IntroductionWhen people hear the word 'lungs,' I think most people first imagine them as an 'organ for breathing.'Of course, ...

The trillions of bacteria living in our gut have an extraordinary effect on our health. They're in charge of digestion, breaking down the foods we eat and extracting their vitamins and minerals. A ...

Heart health gets a lot of attention, but the state of our lungs — which provide oxygen and allow us to speak, sing and smell — historically hasn’t received the same amount of concern. That is until ...

If you have smoked for years or spent a long time exposed to polluted air, you may wonder whether your lungs can recover. The ...

Pulmonary contusion is bruising in or on a person’s lungs. Blood leaks into the lung tissue and can stop the lungs from working properly. Bruising of the lungs can happen due to blunt trauma, such as ...

Lungs are remarkable organs that continuously achieve amazing feats, which they do so well that we take them for granted, except when their function is diminished. It all happens in a space inside ...

IntroductionIn the sixth installment, we covered the pathway by which short-chain fatty acids reach the lungs via the ...

Exercising regularly does help in maintaining a healthy body, and it couldn’t be truer that a person who indulges in regular workouts is training their heart, m ...

Dr. Reisman is the author of “The Unseen Body: A Doctor’s Journey Through the Hidden Wonders of Human Anatomy.” See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra más de nuestra cobertura en ...