At first glance, some people seem to have recovered from COVID-19. They no longer test positive and can return to work or school. But for many, the virus leaves behind a lasting impact—especially in ...

Feeling breathless all day can be linked to smoking, a major cause of lung damage, COPD, and lung cancer. Cigarette smoke ...

Pulmonary fibrosis is a deadly disease in which the lungs become thickened and scarred, gradually losing their ability to deliver oxygen to the body. Now, scientists at UC San Francisco have ...

UC San Diego researchers have found that a post- COVID lung disease shares origins with other scarring lung diseases, which may offer a path to effective therapies, according to a study released ...

Yale researchers have identified a potential treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, or IPF, which can reverse lung scarring. In a study recently published in “JCI Insight,” researchers from the ...

What does "Pulmonary Fibrosis" mean? The word “pulmonary” means lung and the word “fibrosis” means scar tissue— similar to scars that form on the skin from an old injury or surgery. So, in its ...

When breathing becomes increasingly difficult with no clear explanation, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) might be the culprit behind the concerning symptoms. This rare yet devastating lung disease ...

Lung exercises can increase lung capacity and help people control their breathing. They are helpful for people with lung problems such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. When a person breathes, ...

THAT CAUSED LUNG SCARRING. THIS IS THE LARGEST STUDY EVER DONE LIKE THIS. THE NEW STUDY IS THE FIRST, THOUGH, TO LINK THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THOSE FINE PARTICLES IN AIR POLLUTION TO A DISEASE ...

Could healthy fats found in nuts and fish slow the progression of potentially deadly lung scarring known as pulmonary fibrosis and delay the need for lung transplants? Salmon and other foods rich in ...

A discovery offers new hope in the battle against pulmonary fibrosis, a debilitating lung condition that progressively makes it harder for patients to breathe. Scientists have pinpointed proteins in ...