In his early 20s, Pope Francis underwent surgery to remove a part of his lung affected by a severe respiratory infection.

Around 20% to 25% of individuals with rapidly declining FEV1/FVC trajectories experienced wheezing and usual ...

Everyone loves a breath of fresh air. Unfortunately, too often our air is anything but fresh. While air quality varies dramatically from place to place and day to day, nearly the entire world — about ...

Tiny microplastics are making their way into the human brain, and new research suggests the problem is getting worse.

Cognitively normal human brain samples collected at autopsy in early 2024 contained more tiny shards of plastic than samples ...

The new study, published Feb. 3 in the journal Nature, found that brain samples collected in 2024 contained significantly more microplastics than those taken eight years earlier. Researchers say the ...

Finding microplastics in human body parts is not new: Scientists have uncovered the minuscule waste products in human blood, ...

The number of tiny bits of plastic found in human brains increased dramatically between 2016 ... However, it became clear ...

Impaired lung function has been identified as a risk factor of hospital ... Study protocols were approved for protection of human subjects. Participants were selected from the entire population by ...

Lung cancer screening aims to find lung cancer early. This is when there are more treatment options available and there is the best chance of treating it successfully. In the UK, the National ...