Lung disease is a general term for several disorders that include airway diseases, lung tissue diseases, and lung circulation diseases, some of which may lead to respiratory failure. During the course ...

Chronic lung diseases are often accelerated and exacerbated by polymicrobial infections. An international study has identified two types of these so-called dysbioses in cystic fibrosis. They display ...

Patients with COPD are at increased risk for infections, making avoidance and effective treatments key in management.

HAMBURG, Germany — Respiratory tract infections and asthma are 10 times more prevalent at type 2 diabetes diagnosis compared with matched controls without a diagnosis, shows a longitudinal study ...

Antibiotics are used to prevent and treat bacterial lung infections in people with cystic fibrosis. The type of antibiotic you receive depends on what type of infection you have or are trying to ...

ST. GEORGE, Utah (KTVX) — People who are suffering from pneumonia-like symptoms lately (but don’t have pneumonia) may have ingested fungal spores that went airborne after dirt around you was disturbed ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is a group of lung diseases with no cure. CNN wellness expert Dr. Leana Wen eyes a new study examining “young COPD.” ...

Veronica Paulus is a former STAT intern supported by the Harvard University Institute of Politics. After patients go into remission, there may still be undetected cancer cells lying dormant through ...

Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center (MECCC), and Utrecht University have found the first direct evidence that common ...