When Madi Vanstone was 11, she found a medication that would be life changing for her battle against cystic fibrosis, but it came with a catch.

The vagus nerve does it all—tells your lungs to breathe, controls your heart rate, and even forms the foundation for a whole ...

A research team has developed a multi-medium approach (MMA) to identify reproducible volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in ...

People in rural areas are at greater risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) due to a variety of factors. We explain why.

The study from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, led by Prof. Sheera Adar and her graduate student Elisheva Heilbrun-Katz ...

Spirometry was first invented in the 1840s by an English surgeon called John Hutchinson, who realised that lung volume or forced vital capacity was related to mortality. 185 years later, spirometry is ...

New “slow flower” farms grow beautiful blooms—without health-harming chemicals used by overseas operations that dominate the ...

Guardant Health is overcoming skepticism with new cancer tests. Learn why GH stock is a buy, with strong growth and a shift ...

Millions are affected by lung conditions, often unaware of risks. Asthma + Lung UK's Andy Whittamore shares tips for ...

The effect of cystic fibrosis on many organs and the frequent lung infections means that it is mostly diagnosed in childhood. Somehow, for Verônica Stasiak Bednarczuk, that diagnosis did not arrive ...

We might actually have tiny pieces of them inside us. This fascinating phenomenon, called microchimerism, reveals how our ...

Contrails conjure a sense of something overwhelming and ineffable, as terrifying as it is beautiful.