Emphysema happens gradually as tobacco smoke or other pollutants damage the tiny air sacs in your lungs called alveoli. Normally, some 300 million alveoli help bring oxygen into your body and get rid ...

With emphysema, you can have symptoms like shortness of breath, coughing, wheezing, and chest tightness. Your symptoms can ...

Centrilobular emphysema is a form of chronic lung disease. This form of emphysema affects the upper lobes of the lungs and is common in people who smoke. Centrilobular emphysema is also called ...

A CT scan of healthy lungs looks typical in size with no inflammation, allowing the diaphragm to dome. Lungs with emphysema can look overinflated, with muscle loss, making the diaphragm misshapen. The ...

Biological therapy was associated with significant changes in lung structure and, by extension, improved lung function in ...

Patients with IPF and emphysema who received antifibrotic agents had similar outcomes to patients with IPF alone.

PHILADELPPHIA (WPVI) -- When emphysema develops, the lungs lose their ability for two-way airflow. A strategic surgery helps patients breathe easier, and it is drawing people here from far and wide to ...

Quitting won’t reverse damage from emphysema or stop it from progressing, but it can slow it down and greatly reduce your symptoms. If you quit smoking after finding out you have emphysema, you might ...

The director, 78, confirmed the diagnosis in a social media post after revealing in a magazine interview that he would be limited to directing remotely. By Alexandra E. Petri David Lynch, co-creator ...

David Lynch has set the record straight over speculation that his filmmaking career may be over. The 78-year-old cinema legend opened up about a recent emphysema diagnosis in the September 2024 issue ...