This kind of cough can often get worse at night or when lying down. That’s because gravity helps pull fluid down when you’re ...

A protein called PAR1 helps lymphatic vessels structurally transform to boost fluid drainage and support healing when the lungs are injured according to researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine. Injury ...

Prisoners executed by lethal injection in states like South Carolina are receiving corrosive chemicals that tear into the lungs, and the condemned could essentially die while drowning in their own ...

The human body works in complex ways—sometimes, certain motions are so small that it’s easy to miss how they might cause discomfort in the body. In this way, the surface tissues in our lungs actually ...

One of the biggest concerns with upper respiratory tract infections, like the common cold or a nasal infection, is the potential for more serious deep lung secondary infections, like pneumonia. If ...