Indiana’s current cigarette tax is 99.5 cents per pack, and a perennial proposal would raise it to $2 a pack. A fiscal ...

From sweltering hot summer days to frigid winter nights, many people can experience exacerbations in respiratory symptoms of ...

In a recent, cross-institutional study, researchers report that healthy human airways are at higher risk for dehydration and ...

In a recent, cross-institutional study partially funded by the National Institutes of Health, researchers report that healthy ...

Some doctors and public health experts worry Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's tax plan might nudge ex-smokers and those trying to quit back to cigarettes.

When a proposal has both a fiscal and health upside, you would think it would be popular. But pushes to raise Indiana’s ...

University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have discovered how severe COVID-19 can destroy immune cells' ability to repair the lungs, helping explain the lingering effects of long COVID.

University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have discovered how severe COVID-19 can destroy immune cells' ability to ...

Vaping devices work by heating a liquid—often called vape juice—into a vapor that users inhale. This can prove to be ...

Cancer Discovery publishes high-impact articles featuring major advances in research and clinical trials. Topics span the spectrum of cancer research and medicine from the laboratory to the clinic to ...

Methods A post hoc analysis of 38 597 women without chronic lung disease at baseline was conducted in the Women's Health Study (WHS) to test the effect of vitamin E on the risk of incident chronic ...

A bout of pneumonia happens in four stages: congestion, red hepatization, grey hepatization, and resolution. The names of each stage refer to how the infection progresses over time. The initial ...