Lung cancer rates and deaths have fallen precipitously in recent decades overall — but diagnoses are rising for nonsmokers. (Getty Images) November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, which brings both ...

Leslie Stoll developed a blood clot that led to a pulmonary embolism after she broke her leg in 2014. The embolism was treated, but another occurred when Stoll had surgery on her foot years later.

Read more in the PNW Health series. Over the past two decades, lung cancer rates among those ages 30 to 54 have declined, with steeper declines among men. Much of that decline has been driven by a ...

Lung cancer patients historically have received less support, sympathy, and attention because of the disease’s association with smoking. Despite being the No. 1 cancer killer in the U.S. and ...

Smoking can cause lungs to look blackened, inflated, and inflamed, but some of the damage is reversible. Depending on the extent of the damage, it could take years for your lungs to regain a healthy, ...

As Lung Cancer Awareness Month continues, Thursday, November 20, marks the 50th anniversary of the Great American Smokeout, a ...

STATEWIDE -- Maine has a higher lung cancer rate than the national average. Amy McClary, a patient navigator in the cancer screening program at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center, says lung ...

Epidemiological studies have reported statistically significant relationships between long-term air pollution and mortality over the past 50 years, frequently without controlling for smoking. Smoking ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Scrolling through health or fitness TikTok this week, you might land on a video that explains it will give you a test for your lung health. The ...