Turlington Diagnosed With Emphysema. By ABC News. December 3, 2000, 5:53 PM. December 3 -- Model Christy Turlington has disclosed to The Times of London that she is suffering from early-stage ...

Medically reviewed by Sanja Jelic, MD Emphysema is a chronic lung disease that occurs when the air sacs in the lungs (called the alveoli) can no longer inflate and deflate to pump air in and out of ...

Emphysema is a disease of the lungs. It occurs most often in people who smoke, but it also occurs in people who regularly breathe in irritants. Emphysema destroys alveoli, which are air sacs in ...

Both emphysema and chronic bronchitis can cause breathing problems, so it can be hard to tell them apart. Learn the key differences between the two.

Paraseptal emphysema can cause damage that over time leads to empty spaces in your lung tissue. If they get too big, you may be at risk for a collapsed lung. But that happens rarely.

We hypothesized that emphysema, as detected on computed tomography (CT), and airflow obstruction are inversely related to left ventricular end-diastolic volume, stroke volume, ...

Centrilobular emphysema is a form of emphysema where the damage begins in the central lobes of the lungs and spreads outward. This is distinct from panlobular emphysema. In this article, we ...

David Lynch, best known for the TV series “Twin Peaks” and “Mulholland Drive,” is now “homebound” due to emphysema. The director made the revelation during an interview with Sight and ...

"I've gotten emphysema from smoking for so long, and so I'm homebound whether I like it or not," he told the magazine. "I can't go out. And I can only walk a short distance before I'm out of oxygen." ...

David Lynch, the iconic screenwriter and director behind surrealist staples “Twin Peaks” and “Eraserhead,” has been diagnosed with emphysema — and he says it has taken a toll on his ...

From November 2007 through April 2010, a total of 2508 smokers (1867 [74%] non-Hispanic white and 641 [26%] black) between the ages of 45 and 80 years with a history of at least 10 pack-years were ...

Addressing his followers as “ladies and gentlemen,” he wrote: “Yes, I have emphysema from my many years of smoking. “I have to say that I enjoyed smoking very much, and I do love tobacco ...