A vitamin found in eggs and milk could hold the key to curing the potentially fatal lung disease emphysema, new research has revealed. British scientists have found that retinoic acid, a ...

Emphysema is a chronic lung disease that occurs when the air sacs in the lungs (called the alveoli) can no longer inflate and deflate to pump air in and out of the lungs as they should.

But what many people don’t realize is that the same low-dose CT scans used to screen for lung cancer can also uncover another life-threatening condition: Emphysema, a form of chronic obstructive ...

Unless a pneumothorax occurs, or the bulla becomes very large, there are usually no symptoms. Patients with blebs will typically have emphysema. Before the surgery, patients are intubated. Patients ...

Early research shows a one-time gene therapy has potential for addressing both the liver and lung disease that patients with ...

Learn more about the link between chronic rhinosinusitis and chronic airflow limitation, lower airway symptoms, and smoking-related lung diseases.