Livia Cohen was an undecided sophomore at Roger Williams University in Rhode Island when her advisor suggested she get ...

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While cars and trucks are often at the center of conversations around vehicle emissions, there’s a critical and ...

Today, the U.S. Senate Finance Committee released their portion of the draft reconciliation bill, which includes billions of dollars in healthcare cuts and billions of dollars in cuts to critical ...

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You may not think about them much, but as the centerpiece of your respiratory system, your lungs are always hard at work. Each day, we take about 23,000 breaths, and as we breathe, the lungs filter ...

More than 275 people glammed up for a good cause at the American Lung Association in Missouri’s 2025 Evening of Promise Gala at legendary Busch Stadium. Community members, supporters and lung health ...

Smoking is the number one cause of preventable disease and death worldwide. In the United States, more than 490,000 deaths are attributed to cigarette smoking and exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. CDC Wonder On-line Database, compiled from Underlying Cause of Death 1999-2021, 2023. Death rates are per 100,000 ...

A lung nodule is a small mass of dense tissue on the lung. On a chest X-ray or CT scan, it looks like a white spot. Most lung nodules are benign, meaning not cancerous. Your doctor uses results from ...