His diseased lungs were completely removed from his body, an "artificial lung" did their work and two breast implants – size DD – served as placeholders in his chest cavity, supporting his heart.

A 3-D visualization of Mr. Kennedy’s lungs. The lungs are riddled with large swaths of dense tissue and fluid. Mr. Kennedy, who lives in Houston, was hospitalized for about 80 days.

Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to every other organ, and blood-forming stem cells must make about 200 billion new red blood cells each day to keep the oxygen flowing. For many years, ...

Medically reviewed by Josephine Hessert, DO Pulmonary angiography is a test that studies blood flow in your lungs. Its purpose is to find problems such as pulmonary embolisms (blood clots in your ...

Researchers say they have found microplastics — tiny pieces of plastic debris that come as a result of the disposal of industrial waste — deep in the lungs of living humans for the first time ...

How can we prevent aspiration from happening? Dr. Steihm said the first step has to do with how much food we put in our mouths. "You don't want massive amounts of steak that you haven't chewed ...