In the 1980s, when Stella Kourembanas, MD, began her career in neonatology, she cared for newborns with pulmonary ...

High-risk acute pulmonary embolism affects around 5% of all pulmonary embolisms and can take a dramatic course even in young ...

Many people believe that only active smokers are at risk of smoking-related diseases. However, passive smoking—breathing in ...

Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to every other organ, and blood-forming stem cells must make about 200 billion new red blood cells each day to keep the oxygen flowing. For many years, ...

Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to every other organ, and blood-forming stem cells must make about 200 billion ...

The patient’s own doctors couldn’t agree on a cause. One said asthma. Another implicated her age, then 71. A third blamed ...

Medically reviewed by Susan Russell, MD 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 ...

Violin teacher Constance Meyer’s chronic hacking cough was driving other people crazy. The mother of a new student figured out the cause — just in time.

A man died six weeks after an unproved attack as a blood clot from his injured ankle travelled and blocked an artery in his ...

As the lungs try to recover and repair ... In someone who already has plaque buildup in the arteries or heart muscle that’s started to become stiff, that demand can lead to an irregular ...

Medical experts reveal the 5 most common causes of sudden death, their warning signs, and what you can do to reduce your risk ...

Oncology nurses play essential roles in the emerging field of cardio-oncology, which aims to protect patients’ heart function ...