Staying hydrated helps thin the mucus in your lungs, making it easier to expel. Proper hydration also aids in flushing out toxins from your body through urine and sweat. Aim to drink at least 8 ...

Ph.D., co-director of the Medical University of South Carolina's Lung Cancer Screening Program and director of the MUSC Health Tobacco Treatment Program. "There is no way to flush it out of your ...

Sep. 19, 2024 — Scientists are now able to directly compare the different kinds of injury that mechanical ventilation causes to cells in the lungs. In a new study, using a ventilator-on-a-chip ...

Lung nodules are small growths in your lungs, less than 30 millimeters in diameter. Many nodules aren’t cancerous, but the risk becomes higher with increased size. A lung nodule is an irregular ...

Sep. 25, 2024 — Researchers have tested a combination of treatments in mice with lung cancer and shown that these allow immunotherapies to target non-responsive ... Experimental mRNA Cancer ...

Lung cancer arises in tissues of the lung, usually in the cells lining air passages. The two main types are small-cell lung cancer and non-small-cell lung cancer, according to the shape of cells ...

The maximum amount of air you can breathe in and out is your vital lung capacity. Everybody’s vital lung capacity is different depending on factors such as their age and fitness levels.

Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) develop from neurosecretory cells affecting organs like the gastrointestinal tract and lungs.

Gene mutations associated with non-small cell lung cancer include EGFR, HER2, and more. Lung cancer mutations can determine your options for testing and treatment. Genes are the instructions that ...