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Ex-smokers’ lungs may never fully recover even after quitting smoking, and new research by a team at McGill University in Montreal has attempted to find out why. Senior author Carolyn Baglole, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you think of lung cancer, you probably think of a disease that only afflicts lifelong smokers. This is just one of the many ...

Inflammation still ravages the lungs of some smokers years after they quit the habit. What sparks that smoldering destruction remained a mystery until a consortium of researchers led by Baylor College ...

Few diseases carry the same stigma as lung cancer, from it being the result of smoking to being a death sentence.

While scientists are still far from understanding the root causes behind most cancers, there are instances in which particular human behaviors have been linked to the development of specific ...

Quitting smoking is challenging, particularly when resources are limited. A recent study in the United States confirmed that an intensive program combining behavioral therapy and medication, linked to ...

The idea of lungs turning from black to pink is more of a metaphor than a medically established recovery process. The lungs ...

She never smoked a day in her life, but lung cancer found her twice. Now a San Francisco program wants to catch it earlier in ...

Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Despite this, a proven tool to detect the disease ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) — Thanksgiving menus, Christmas decorations, and holiday shopping — November has a way of filling up our ...