Recent findings suggest that post-COVID chronic cough may be driven by neurological factors, not just respiratory issues.

Scientists uncover an enzyme that boosts cancer cell metabolism to fuel growth. The enzyme, GUK1, supports metabolism in cancer cells to help tumors grow.

Finding it hard to breathe when you lay down is medically called orthopnea. Find a list of potential causes to help narrow ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a condition that affects more than 14 million U.S. adults, is marked by damage ...

Long-term smokers often have a chronic cough. They may get used to it, and perhaps also to being winded after climbing stairs.But there are good reasons to take these symptoms seriously, as they can ...

The habit finally caught up with the 72-year-old when his doctor told him she found a “tiny spot” on his lung during a screening CAT scan. Speaking with his doctor, “I said to her ...

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This defence mechanism also consists of tiny, hair-like structures called cilia in the airways that push phlegm up and out of the body through coughing. The process helps to keep the lungs and airways ...

Even stage 1 lung cancers, if they grow near the large airways, can result in coughing up blood. Coughing up blood (hemoptypsis) can be subtle, and you may note only a tinge of pink or red on a tissue ...

“Another misconception is that if you get lung cancer, there is no hope. That is not true at all. “If we pick up lung cancer early, then surgery and radiotherapy are potentially curativ ...

She was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer in 2021 at the age of 37, despite not smoking or having the classic symptoms of the disease, such as a persistent cough. “Lung cancer has no labels ...