If you’re a smoker, you know by now how dangerous tobacco can be to your health. You also know how addictive cigarettes are, and how hard it is to kick the habit — especially if you’re still healthy.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pot smokers may experience pathological changes in their lungs decades earlier than such changes usually occur in cigarette smokers, a small study of 10 patients shows. The ...

Using CT scans to measure blood flow in smokers' lungs may offer a way to identify smokers most at risk of emphysema, according to a University of Iowa study. The discovery may also improve ...

David Lynch, the 78-year-old visionary director of Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet, has died. Lynch's family announced his death in a Jan. 16 post on social media, writing there's "a big hole in the world ...

Director David Lynch is sharing his emphysema diagnosis with fans. (Photo by CHRIS DELMAS/AFP via Getty Images) “I’m homebound whether I like it or not,” he said. Lynch, who has not directed a feature ...

Lung disease is a silent and often deadly threat that lurks in the lives of smokers. For many, smoking is a habit formed over years, becoming a part of their daily routine. However, the consequences ...

Monitoring blood for tiny particles released by cells lining the lungs may help clinicians diagnose emphysema in its earliest stages, according to researchers from Weill Cornell Medical College. The ...

The lungs consist of tiny air sacs called alveoli. Emphysema damages the alveoli and destroys lung tissue. Bullous emphysema (BE) refers to damaged alveoli that distend to form large air spaces, ...

Emphysematous changes refer to changes that may occur in the lungs as emphysema progresses and are visible on a CT scan. This may include changes in location or the type of damage in the lungs due to ...