Smoking continues to be a major health problem in Louisiana, with about 33 percent of adults using tobacco products. That is ...

Respiratory diseases are a challenging problem to treat. Inhalable medicines are a promising solution that depends on the ability to deliver tiny particles known as aerosols to the correct location in ...

A discovery offers new hope in the battle against pulmonary fibrosis, a debilitating lung condition that progressively makes it harder for patients to breathe. Scientists have pinpointed proteins in ...

A white ribbon awareness campaign is urgently needed to fight the stigma and shaming lung cancer patients face in Ireland, two patients have said. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality ...

Smoking is a major cause, lung cancer can also occur in people who have never smoked Wear a mask in highly polluted areas, ...

The sub-type of lung cancer was also found to account for 53-70 per cent of lung cancer cases in 2022 among never-smokers around the world. Compared to the other sub-types of lung cancer, risk of ...

Air pollution is fueling a rise in the most common form of lung cancer among non-smokers, hitting women and people in southeast Asia particularly hard. © Unsplash ...

Lung cancer remains a leading cause of cancer death globally, with a significant rise in cases among non-smokers attributed to air pollution, according to a recent WHO study. The study highlights ...

Lung cancer is one of the most common and deadly forms of cancer, with 2.5 million people diagnosed worldwide in 2022. While smoking remains the leading cause, a new study published in The ...

The elevated risk of early death among people with cannabis use disorder applied to all causes of death, but particularly due to suicide, trauma, opioid poisoning, other drug poisoning, and lung ...

Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States, only behind cigarette smoking. The EPA estimates that about 21,000 people die each year as a result of radon-related lung disease ...

A recent study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal on World Cancer Day revealed that cases of lung cancer among those who never smoked is on the rise. This increase could be due ...