Valley fever is an infectious disease caused by the Coccidioides fungus that grows in the soil and dirt in some areas of ...

Nov. 6, 2024 — Exhaled breath contains chemical clues to what's going on inside the body, including diseases like lung cancer. And devising ways to sense these compounds could help doctors ...

Research led by Brock University has found a possible cure for lung diseases typically found in older adults, such as ...

Scientists at EMBL discovered that Dextromethorphan, found in common cough syrups, shows promise in treating lung fibrosis.

For the past 10 years, medications and inhalers began to help less and less with Rose Walsh’s breathing problems. Battling ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is the world’s biggest infectious disease killer with multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) posing a particular ...

The condition, called invasive aspergillosis, can be caused by inhaling fungal spores which consequently spread from the lungs to the blood and other areas of the body. Mr Langsworth says doctors ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a serious health condition that can cause severe complications for the lungs, ...