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Radon and smoking are both known causes of lung cancer, but when someone is exposed to both, the results can be deadly.

“Patients with pulmonary edema generally describe breathlessness. Sometimes they feel like they are suffocating or breathing ...

Once indoors, radon can build up to dangerous levels and release radioactive particles that attack your lungs with dangerous, cancer-causing radiation. Radon is responsible for an estimated 21,000 ...

Just now, the U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan bill that provides funding for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the rest of the federal fiscal year. This follows the House passage of ...

House for advancing a clean three-year reauthorization of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s enhanced advance premium tax credits. This vote marks an important first step for millions of people who rely ...

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) has a high mortality rate if untreated. Unfortunately, the disease is not consistently diagnosed or treated across the United States. To improve the diagnosis and care of ...

Due to electronic medical records, it is not uncommon for patients to receive their radiological reports before their physicians do. The terms on results reports are often complex and advanced, as the ...

Teen tobacco use has long been linked to lifelong dependency, with 9 out of 10 cigarette users claiming they picked up their first cigarette before the age of 18. The introduction of e-cigarettes has ...