Lawmakers in Georgia have been unable to pass legislation to increase the state's cigarette tax, despite numerous studies ...

“There’s a lot of increasing evidence that depriving ourselves of sleep has long-term consequences,” Whitson said. These ...

Your baby gets all of its oxygen from you while you are pregnant. A lot of parents-to-be don't fully understand how smoking ...

Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences physician David M. Holmes, MD, offers some advice on staying safe in these frigid temperatures.

A heart surgeon has rated 'unhealthy habits' out of 10, revealing just how bad the likes of drinking alcohol and smoking ...

Pulmonary function tests are a group of noninvasive breathing tests that measure how much air your lungs can hold, how quickly you can move air in and out and how efficiently your lungs transfer ...

Dr. J. Craig Allen said "the carcinogens and toxins in tobacco smoke don't stay in your lungs; they...get into your ...

There's big cancer news this month. The American Cancer Society reports that for the first time, the five-year survival rate ...

Experts say cats are more prone to asthma and could be poisoning themselves by licking vapor off their fur, while dogs are ...

The disease is the rare cancer met with accusations, not sympathy. By Simar Bajaj Simar Bajaj spoke to over a dozen patients with lung cancer for this story. When Jim Pantelas was diagnosed with lung ...

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide, including young adults. While it is well known that cigarette smoking is the dominant risk factor for lung cancer, the inhalation of ...