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 flu is a disease of the respiratory system involving the mouth, nose, throat and occasionally the bronchi and lungs.

Recently, a sample taken from a mule in the village tested positive at the National Research Centre on Equines in Hisar, ...

The bacterial disease also known as TB is a respiratory infection normally spread through coughing and sneezing.

Studies show that more than 235,000 people are diagnosed with lung cancer each year. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, close to 80% of those cases are linked to smoking.

Looking for the name of Marcel Proust on search engines, it seems that the centenary of his death (1922) has gone unnoticed by medical doctors. Several essays on his illness have already been ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a manifestation of structural violence, the process through which societies ...

Medicines, such as antivirals and vaccines, which had more solid evidence showing they were effective compared to other types of safety measures, were ...

Increased use of ventilation and air cleaners, designed to mitigate the spread of viral infections in hospitals, is likely to have unpredictable effects and may cause viral particles to move around ...

The 30-day risk for death was slightly higher for COVID-19 than for influenza or RSV; the 180-day mortality also was higher for COVID-19.

Low levels of traffic-related air pollution harms the liver and may raise the risk of metabolic-associated fatty liver disease, a new study in mice suggests.

An imbalance in gene activity in two types of immune cells explains why lung fibrosis after a severe COVID-19 infection doesn ...