LEGENDARY director David Lynch passed away at the age of 78, after revealing he'd suffered from a terrifying lung disease that left him barely able to "walk across a room". The filmmaker ...

Though smoking and increasing levels of pollution exposure are well recognised as causes of lung cancer the connection ...

David Lynch passed away at the age of 78—less than six months after announcing he had emphysema—a chronic and distressing condition that damages the air sacs in the lungs, making it difficult ...

Two conditions cause COPD: chronic bronchitis and emphysema. Both affect your lungs in different ways. Asthma is not considered a type of COPD, but it is a chronic respiratory condition.

“Emphysema makes it hard to breathe air out of your lungs as it affects the tiny air sacs at the end of the airways where oxygen is taken up into the bloodstream. The walls of these air sacs become ...

For patients with advanced emphysema, endobronchial valve placement (EBV) is associated with higher mortality and mor ...

As contemporary surgical practice continues to evolve, patients who undergo surgical lung volume reduction (LVRS) for ...

People with lung conditions such as asthma, COPD, and emphysema need to be particularly careful in the cold because breathing in cold air can constrict airway muscles making it harder to breathe, so ...