As the pope enters his second week in a Rome hospital with a lung infection, his physicians said his condition was critical ...

Pope Francis is being treated in hospital for double pneumonia — but what is this condition, and why might the pope be ...

According to recent reports, Pope Francis has been sick for a week to 10 days now recovering from double pneumonia, but what ...

A discovery offers new hope in the battle against pulmonary fibrosis, a debilitating lung condition that progressively makes it harder for patients to breathe. Scientists have pinpointed proteins in ...

A discovery at Duke-NUS Medical School offers new hope in the battle against pulmonary fibrosis, a debilitating lung ...

explains how pollution causes lung cancer, what its symptoms are, which people are more likely to get this disease, and what should be done to prevent it. Researchers from the World Health ...

Air pollution is widely known to cause respiratory diseases like asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but its role in lower respiratory infections—such as pneumonia and ...

While each helminth species completes a distinct life cycle within the host, several helminths incite significant lung disease. This impact on the lungs occurs either directly from larval migration ...

Without proper treatment, tooth infections can spread to other areas of the body, leading to serious and potentially life threatening complications. A tooth infection, or a tooth abscess ...

An untreated yeast infection that persists for too long, can lead to complications that require medical attention. These include painful sores, infertility, or even a potentially deadly bloodstream ...

Treatment may depend on the cause. A sinus infection, also known as sinusitis or rhinosinusitis, occurs when your nasal cavities become swollen and inflamed. Fluid buildup in the sinuses can allow ...