As pollution tightens its grip on urban life, holistic practices like pranayama, steam therapy and herbal lung tonics are ...

Cold air can irritate the airways that carry air into the lungs, potentially causing symptoms like coughing, chest tightness, and trouble breathing.

Worried about lung health amid rising air pollution? A chest surgeon explains a simple breath-holding test you can try at ...

The National Lung Health Initiative aims to put these two breathing organs front and centre in health policy and awareness.

Delhi's air pollution has become a serious health emergency, Dr Harsh Vardhan Puri, chest surgeon at Medanta Hospital, warns.

During Healthy Lung Month and the cold part of the year, you might be thinking a little more than normal about the way you breathe. But during any part of the year, we all need to get oxygen to live.

A UCLA-led research team has discovered a molecular switch that determines whether tiny blood vessels in premature infants' ...

For years we’ve thought of heart health as critical for living a long life. Yet an increasing number of studies have found that lung capacity may in fact be just as important a predictor of longevity.

Alveolar macrophages are immune cells that live in the tiny air sacs of the lungs. Under normal conditions, these cells act ...

The process of oxygenating a body differs among many animal species. Mammals have lungs that expand and contract for proper ...