Study: E-Cigarettes Users Risk Getting Popcorn Lungs

Study: E-Cigarettes Users Risk Getting Popcorn Lungs

That's when the air sacs in the lungs are badly scarred

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • September 28th, 2015
Study Explains Why Some Smokers Have Perfectly Healthy Lungs

Study Explains Why Some Smokers Have Perfectly Healthy Lungs

It all comes down to the genetic profile they've been dealt

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • August 31st, 2015
Watching TV for Too Long Ups the Risk of Pulmonary Embolism

Watching TV for Too Long Ups the Risk of Pulmonary Embolism

In extreme cases, the condition can prove fatal

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • June 16th, 2015
Smoking Can Give You over a Dozen Different Types of Cancer

Smoking Can Give You over a Dozen Different Types of Cancer

Cancers of the lungs, bronchus and trachea are most common

21-Year-Old Woman Suffers Embolism and Dies After Going on the Pill

21-Year-Old Woman Suffers Embolism and Dies After Going on the Pill

He parents say it was the contraceptive pill that killed her

Electronic Cigarettes Mess With the Lungs Too, Study Finds

Electronic Cigarettes Mess With the Lungs Too, Study Finds

Research reveals certain flavorings added to electronic cigarette liquid can affect the cells that comprise the lungs

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • March 21st, 2015
Human Skin Cells Successfully Used to Grow Miniature Lungs in the Lab

Human Skin Cells Successfully Used to Grow Miniature Lungs in the Lab

The experiments were carried out by a team of researchers working with the University of Cambridge in the UK

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • February 11th, 2015
Smoking Makes Your Brain Shrink, Can Mess Up Your Memory

Smoking Makes Your Brain Shrink, Can Mess Up Your Memory

Researchers find evidence that smokers have a thinner cortex than people who don't indulge in this vice

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • February 10th, 2015
Psychedelic Drug Successfully Used to Prevent the Onset of Asthma

Psychedelic Drug Successfully Used to Prevent the Onset of Asthma

The drug, dubbed (R)-DOI, can block pulmonary inflammation and other biological changes associated with allergic asthma

E-Cigarettes Cause Inflammation, Are Seriously Bad for the Lungs

E-Cigarettes Cause Inflammation, Are Seriously Bad for the Lungs

Study finds evidence e-cigarettes are not as safe as people think them to be, can actually prove toxic

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 3rd, 2014
How Ibuprofen Is Kind of like an Anti-Aging Cream for Lungs

How Ibuprofen Is Kind of like an Anti-Aging Cream for Lungs

New investigation finds ibuprofen can lower the inflammation that lungs experience with age, boost immune response

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 8th, 2014
Obesity Found to Increase Pulmonary Disease Risk

Obesity Found to Increase Pulmonary Disease Risk

Researchers say being too plump can up pulmonary disease risk by as much as 72%

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 1st, 2014
Heavy Drinking Found to Damage the Lungs

Heavy Drinking Found to Damage the Lungs

The liver is not the only organ affected by one too many sips of wine

Study: Air Pollution Can Cause Irregular Heartbeat, Lung Blood Clots

Study: Air Pollution Can Cause Irregular Heartbeat, Lung Blood Clots

The pollutant believed to cause these health problems is fine particulate matter

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 12th, 2013
Lizards Extract Oxygen During Both Inhalation and Exhalation

Lizards Extract Oxygen During Both Inhalation and Exhalation

This is why the reptiles may one day inherit the Earth, experts say

Smokers Who Look Healthy Still Have Early Cell Damage

Smokers Who Look Healthy Still Have Early Cell Damage

Make no mistake, smoking causes harm, researchers warn

Grant Supports Growing Human Lung Tissue in the Lab

Grant Supports Growing Human Lung Tissue in the Lab

A technique for producing these cells will be developed in 24 months

 
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