While the English translation of lüften is to "air out," people in the United States began calling the practice "burping" ...

Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released a final rule that weakens the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for new veh ...

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Emily learned from an early age the devastation lung disease can have on a family. Her grandmother passed away at 61 years old from emphysema when she was just a child. Then, in 2013, her mother was ...

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Vaping is often advertised as a safer option than smoking. However, as e-cigarettes have become more common, researchers have ...

Walkers from across greater Buffalo will lace up their shoes for the American Lung Association’s 17th Annual Take a Breath for Life 5K at the Hamburg Fairgrounds on Saturday,6. The event begins with a ...

Cleveland Clinic will be the presenting sponsor of the American Lung Association’s LUNG FORCE Walk for the 12th consecutive year. More than 1,000 participants are expected to walk in the ...

Eventually, a biopsy revealed the truth; Kirah had stage 4 lung cancer. "I couldn't believe it, I just couldn't understand how this happened," she said. "Up to that point, I thought only people who ...

Labor Day weekend is a prime time for vacations, which means many people will be traveling by car in the coming days. While everyone loves a good road trip, pollution near highways can have serious ...

A collapsed lung means air is leaking out of your lung and getting trapped in your chest. This trapped air then squishes your lung, and that makes it hard to breathe. Pneumothorax is the medical term ...

Today, the American Lung Association released its 27th annual “State of the Air” report, which finds that nearly half of the children in the U.S. are breathing unhealthy levels of air pollution, ...