Currently, 16.4% of adults in the U.S. use at least one tobacco or nicotine product such as cigarettes, e-cigarettes or ...

The American Lung Association recently joined the American Heart Association, American Diabetes Association (ADA), and National Foundation for Infectious Diseases in urging everyone 6 months and older ...

The air we breathe is getting worse here in the Lehigh Valley, according to the American Lung Association's State of the Air report. "We do know that the grade worsened significantly from a "C" in the ...

Today, 27 leading patient, provider and professional organizations sent a letter to Congress to include the Supplemental Oxygen Access Reform (SOAR) Act (H.R. 2902/S.1406) in an end-of-year ...

A Brazilian study involving nearly 900 participants under the age of 40 reinforces the idea that premature lung aging is ...

The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) congratulates UN Member States for recognizing that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD) is a major cause of disability and ...

The American Heart Association report runs contrary to recent studies — and the group’s own guidelines — that found any amount of alcohol to be harmful.

While therapies continue to improve, prevention remains the strongest line of defense. Stopping smoking dramatically lowers ...

Investigators evaluated the proportion, clinical characteristics, and survival of patients with lung cancer who met or were excluded from USPSTF criteria and used institutional and published data to ...

In the United States, gas stoves are the main source of indoor nitrogen dioxide—a toxic gas tied to many health problems—according to a new study ...

A bet said Snowball would kill Herbie, but the animals' quiet rebellion taught columnist Caroline Gainer a lesson about ...

An important feature of the model is the biomarker, which Langelier's team developed in 2023. They found that a gene that modulates inflammation, called FABP4, could be used to help diagnose infection ...