The lungs benefit from different types of exercise. People coming out of surgery can start with breathing exercises. Learn ...

The risk of cancer goes up with age, in part because aging impedes the body's ability to detect and destroy cells with ...

Veteran actor Sharmila Tagore was diagnosed with zero-stage lung cancer in 2023. Here's what the early-stage diagnosis means, how it was treated, and why early detection matters.

Feb. 24, 2025 — Using a four-dimensional microscopy technique, researchers have created 3D video images of mouse lung tissue grown ... to spot the disease even before symptoms occur.

When was the last time you thought about your lungs unless you were short of breath or down with a cold? Most of us take our lungs for granted, but these spongy, hard-working organs do a lot more than ...

Ladde is urging residents to proceed with caution this spring. He said people with cardiovascular or respiratory disease are ...

The Hood River County Health Department confirmed April 14 that two people have died from a mad cow-like illness called Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

A 26-year-old Mammoth Mountain employee died from hantavirus. An investigation found mice droppings at the hotel where he ...

According to the American Cancer Society, smoking tobacco is responsible for around 20 percent of all cancer cases and 30 ...

Somewhere in the body of a patient, a small clump of cells, growing undetected, has begun to form a tumor. It has yet to cause pain or visible symptoms of illness. Several months from now, or perhaps ...

Stanford Medicine researchers have developed a blood test capable of detecting cancers, the ways cancer resists treatments ...

Liver cancer is one of the most challenging forms of cancer, often developing quietly before showing any clear signs. It begins when abnormal cells form in the liver, a vital organ responsible for ...