Emphysema is a serious condition that slowly destroys lung tissue and makes it hard for you to breathe. Find out how doctors define stage 1 of this disease and what you can do.

Subcutaneous emphysema is when air or gas gets under your skin tissue. Although this condition commonly occurs in the tissue of the neck or chest wall, it can develop in other body parts. A smooth ...

Emphysema is a serious condition that slowly destroys lung tissue and makes it hard for you to breathe. Find out how doctors define the stage 2 of this disease and what you can do.

Emphysema is the strongest known imaging biomarker of lung cancer risk, regardless of how extensive a person’s emphysema may be. It may also be a marker of more aggressive tumors.

Some 29% of smokers undergoing lung cancer screening and 4% of healthy adults undergoing cardiac scanning are found to have emphysema, which destroys lung parenchyma and degrades intra-alveolar ...

Amelioration of emphysema in mice through lentiviral transduction of long-lived pulmonary alveolar macrophages. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2009; DOI: 10.1172/JCI36666 ...