While smoking remains the leading risk factor, other contributors include secondhand smoke, air pollution, radon exposure and ...

A mobile lung screening unit designed to give patients a better chance by detecting cancer early, has seen about 3,000 people ...

Detroit Pistons All-Star guard Cade Cunningham suffered a left pneumothorax and a collapsed lung apparently after colliding ...

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) black lung screenings for coal miners will start in April across several states.

NIOSH is launching its annual free, confidential mobile health screenings for coal miners in several states from March ...

Diagnosing some diseases could be as easy as breathing into a tube. MIT engineers have developed a test to detect ...

Thanks to spending years of her life as a professional racquetball player, Jen Maydas-Dering, 54, had always felt fit and ...

Artur said the hiccups were “very strong” and hurt his chest. When he then developed a fever, he decided to seek further help.

Diagnostic tunnel vision by 2 pulmonologists led to a $2 million malpractice settlement after the patient died of esophageal cancer.

Healthcare professionals note that the best way to prevent lung damage due to cigarette smoke is quitting smoking and early detection of these symptoms. Check out early warning signs: ...

A new law aims to protect workers from silicosis, a lung disease linked to popular household countertops. Experts say it isn’t enough.