Lung cancer screening: the test saving lives among people who do not know they qualify
Lung cancer remains the deadliest malignancy in the United States, killing more Americans annually than breast, colon, and prostate cancers combined. Despite this sobering reality, a life-saving screening test exists that catches the disease at its earliest and most treatable stages, and the majority of people who qualify for it have never received it. The […]
Lung inflammation and the treatments that work
The lungs are not passive organs. They are constantly exposed to whatever moves through the air — bacteria, viruses, allergens, pollutants, smoke — and the tissue responds accordingly. When that exposure tips into something the body can’t easily clear, inflammation sets in. Medically, this condition is called pneumonitis or pneumonia depending on the cause, and […]
The Forum of International Respiratory Societies sounds the alarm on lung health
Respiratory disease kills more people than most other conditions, yet receives far less attention than cardiovascular disease, diabetes or cancer. In 2019 alone, lung disease accounted for three of the top ten causes of death worldwide according to the World Health Organization, contributing to more than 8 million deaths annually. Despite those numbers, funding, research […]
Why are lung diseases rising in people who have never smoked a single cigarette
Lung function declines naturally with age, but the rate and eventual long-term trajectory of that decline is not fixed. It is shaped substantially by the air breathed across a lifetime, the environments inhabited, the habits practiced, and the inflammatory exposures accumulated without awareness. What clinicians in this field are increasingly documenting is that serious respiratory […]
Lung cancer screening in India and the AI tools changing it
Lung cancer kills more people globally than any other cancer, accounting for 1.8 million deaths each year. In India, the situation is particularly grim. The country recorded 81,742 new lung cancer cases in 2022 and 75,031 deaths in the same year. The survival rate sits at approximately 5%, compared to roughly 20% in Western nations. […]
Hantavirus case in Illinois has nothing to do with the ship
A Winnebago County resident may have caught the virus closer to home than anyone expected. Illinois health officials are keeping a close watch on a potential hantavirus case in Winnebago County — and the circumstances surrounding it are raising new questions about where the real risk lies. The Illinois Department of Public Health confirmed Tuesday […]
What your body pays for every single cigarette
Most people know that smoking is harmful. What far fewer understand is just how quickly that harm begins — and how deep it goes before the body ever sends a signal. The gap between what people assume about tobacco and what research actually shows is wide enough to cost lives, and it has been doing […]
Smoking is slowly stealing the lungs you still have
The damage builds quietly, but so does the power to stop it — here is what every smoker needs to know before the next cigarette He looks composed — suit on, phone in hand, cigarette between his fingers. From the outside, everything seems fine. But inside, with every inhale, a slow and silent war is […]
COCOON trial shows that proactive skin care could be a game changer for lung cancer patients
COCOON trial findings are reshaping how oncologists think about managing one of the most common and disruptive side effects of modern lung cancer therapy. A new research commentary published in the journal Oncoscience summarizes interim results from a phase II clinical trial that tested whether a structured preventive skin care approach could reduce the dermatologic […]