"The infection gets beyond the confines of the bronchial tubes and actually gets into the substance of the lung," said Dr. Schaffner. "Then, it causes inflammation in the tissues of the lung." ...

That similar bronchial outgrowths that fail to differentiate into alveolar tissue may develop within the lung itself is not improbable, and lung cysts with or without connection with the lumen of ...

since smoke irritates the bronchi and leads to long-term inflammation. Emphysema is a lung disease that makes it hard to breathe. It happens when the alveoli become damaged. Normally ...

The perspectives and priorities of people living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) should be integrated into ...

They range from acute infections, such as pneumonia and bronchitis, to chronic conditions such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

This important study describes a first-in-human trial of autologous p63+ stem cells in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a lethal condition for which effective treatments are lacking. The ...

The FDA has approved the drug durvalumab for adults with limited-stage small-cell lung cancer (LS-SCLC) whose disease hasn’t gotten worse after getting platinum-based chemo and radiation at the same ...