Chest drains are routinely used after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lung resections to evacuate fluid and air from the pleural space.

A recent study published by Rutgers Health experts in the European Respiratory Journal identified interconnected webs of ...

Nearly half of Mars dust consists of silica, which on Earth is known to cause silicosis, an incurable lung disease that ...

KAIST researchers have discovered that 'DEAD-box helicases 54 (DDX54)', a type of RNA-binding protein, is the master ...

Researchers are studying why the energy factories are moving between cells and whether the process can be harnessed to treat ...

California was among the top five U.S. states with the most asbestos-related deaths, with 27,080 asbestos-caused deaths.

University of New Mexico researchers studying the health risks posed by gadolinium, a toxic rare earth metal used in MRI ...

Blocking Piezo2, a protein receptor that senses mechanical forces in tissues, may be a new way to slow IPF progression, per a ...

Microplastics and nanoplastics have been identified in the lungs of wild birds using laser direct infrared (LDIR) chemical ...

Bone metastases are cancers that have spread (metastasized) from other tissues in the body through ... breast, prostate, lung, colon, stomach, bladder, uterus, rectum, thyroid and kidney.

Moreover, the location of the tumor—whether in the airways (as with bronchioloalveolar adenocarcinoma) or in lung tissues themselves—can also have an impact on survivability. While research on each ...

Life expectancy for people with metastatic or metastasized lung cancer is low. The 5-year survival rate for small cell lung cancer is 3%, and 8% for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). 25-30% of ...