Health officials warn of a preventable but potentially fatal lung disease linked to quartz countertops. Massachusetts ...

Health officials confirmed Massachusetts’ first case of silicosis, an incurable and life-threatening lung disease, warning ...

It is seriously impacting the health of workers in Massachusetts,” said Emily H. Sparer-Fine, director of the Massachusetts ...

A man in Massachusetts has been diagnosed with a rare lung disease that has been linked to a specific type of countertops.

Massachusetts issued a safety alert and confirmed that the state recorded its first case of silicosis linked to countertop exposure.

While therapies continue to improve, prevention remains the strongest line of defense. Stopping smoking dramatically lowers ...

A US teenager was recently reported to have developed the oddly named medical condition “popcorn lung” after vaping in secret for three years. Officially known as bronchiolitis obliterans, popcorn ...

This week is National Influenza Vaccination Week, and the American Lung Association today announced a campaign urging everyone six months and older to get their annual flu shot, following one of the ...

Health officials in Massachusetts issued a safety alert after a man who has worked with stone countertops for over a decade ...

A severe cough, wheezing and shortness of breath are the main symptoms that would likely prompt a visit to your doctor’s office to rule out lung conditions. But there are some less obvious symptoms of ...

Currently, 16.4% of adults in the U.S. use at least one tobacco or nicotine product such as cigarettes, e-cigarettes or nicotine pouches. Nicotine is extremely additive, so the American Lung ...

DOCTOR, WHEN YOU GET SICK, WOMEN ARE MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE CERTAIN LUNG RELATED SYMPTOMS THAN MEN. JOINING US THIS MORNING WITH MORE IS MERCY MEDICAL CENTER PULMONOLOGIST DOCTOR ANTHONY ROWE. GOOD ...