When they evoked circadian rhythm disruption, the first thing they observed was an increase in acute lung inflammation due to an exacerbated immune response. Inflammation is an immune response to ...

Orchestrating the lung’s immune response, these cells regulate inflammation. Recent studies suggest that macrophages can retain a memory of repeated exposure to pathogens, something that’s ...

Genetic risk. Among people who smoke, genes might help determine who gets COPD and lung cancer. Researchers have found several genes that increase your risk of both. Inflammation. Research shows ...

A new drug for severe influenza successfully keeps patients at the perfect level of lung inflammation to protect against lung damage, while still allowing the immune system to fight off the infection.

A significant new study—the first of its kind—shows that the nutrients found in walnuts, seeds, and certain types of seafood can reduce inflammation and improve declining lung function.

Instead, they found that these cells, which they named NAMs, tamped down the initial immune response and prevented prolonged inflammation from causing damage to lung tissue as it attempted to heal.

Pope Francis is receiving antibiotics to treat lung inflammation, the Vatican said Monday. The health update came after the pontiff canceled his weekly window appointment to greet people in St ...

Not immediately explained was the discrepancy between the pope saying he has lung inflammation and the Vatican saying a day earlier that Francis had a CT scan at a Rome hospital "to exclude the ...

Patients with stage 3 lung cancer often receive chemotherapy and radiation, which can cause lung inflammation known as radiation pneumonitis, according to Dr. Suresh S. Ramalingam. Dr. Suresh ...