Your lungs might be telling you something important, but you’re probably not listening. While most of us obsess over wrinkles, memory lapses, or aching joints as signs of aging, we rarely ...

Hantavirus comes from contact with rodents — such as rats and mice — especially after exposure to their urine, droppings, and ...

The worms then move to the rat's lungs, where they become sexually mature, mate, and lay eggs—hence the name "rat lungworm." To bring this disturbing life cycle full circle, the worm eggs hatch ...

Metastatic cancer to the lungs means that cancer from another region of the body has spread to the lungs. Another term for metastatic cancer to the lungs is secondary cancer in the lungs, as the ...

“You’re scheduled for an angiogram,” my pulmonologist tells me, “to map out the artery systems in your lungs.” That first angiogram is for the mapping. The next three are to save my lif ...

A. cantonensis begins its life cycle after a rat eats an infected snail or slug. Once ingested, the parasite migrates to the rodent’s lungs and lays eggs. After becoming first-stage larvae ...

Gene Hackman's wife, Betsy Arakawa, died of hantavirus. What is it? What are the symptoms? Are there any cases of Georgia?

The term "smoker's lung" refers to lung damage caused by smoking cigarettes. Over time, the chemicals in cigarettes damage the airways and lungs, leading to lung and respiratory diseases. Damage to ...

Mechanical ventilation may be harming lungs more than helping. Tulane researchers discovered that tiny air sac collapses cause damage linked to ARDS, but tweaking ventilation techniques could prevent ...

Hantavirus comes from contact with rodents, especially after exposure to their urine, droppings and saliva. Read about how ...

Five years on, scientists are starting to understand how the virus can lead to long-term, sometimes invisible changes. Credit...Ibrahim Rayintakath Supported by By Dani Blum Nina Agrawal and Alice ...