Lung Diseases

Lung diseases need no introduction considering the air we breathe in. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), a condition that damages the lung airways causes an array of symptoms like chest tightness, breathlessness, persistent cough and ...

Increased physical activity among patients with a type of lung disease could reduce their risk of anxiety as well as depression, a study has found.

COPD most commonly known as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is a group of lung diseases including emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and chronic obstructive airway. A person suffering COPD experiences inability to breath properly which may include ...

Older adults who are new users of opioids and are already suffering with lung disease are at more than two-fold higher risk of dying from a respiratory-related complication compared to non-opioid users, says a research.

A study done across 18 years shows how watching too much television can lead to a fatal lung condition.

Phytochemicals showed prominent anti-inflammatory and antiviral effects in reducing lung injury caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome due to Coronavirus.

"Major non-communicable diseases like cancer, diabetes, cardio-vascular diseases, stroke and chronic obstructive lung disease are to a great extent due to unhealthy lifestyle. If the body is a temple of the mind, yoga creates a ...

The research which was published online in the journal Thorax, found that people who ate five or more portions of fruit and vegetables every day were, respectively, 40 per cent and 34 per cent, less ...

Harmful pollutants from cooking with biomass have been said to cause around 4 million deaths a year from household air pollution related illness.

The regular use of the common painkiller may help slow the progression of early emphysema, a lung disease related to shortness of breath.