Background: Cannabis is the most widely used illegal drug worldwide. Long-term use of cannabis is known to cause chronic bronchitis and airflow obstruction, but the prevalence of macroscopic emphysema ...

The bronchi are tubes that carry air from the trachea to the lungs and back out. The bronchi help trap and remove germs that can make you sick. Bronchitis, asthma, and COPD are some conditions that ...

From electronic health records and blood tests to the stream of data from wearable devices, the amount of health information people generate is accelerating rapidly. Yet, many users struggle to ...

The esophagus is a muscular tube that moves food from your throat to your stomach. Problems like a hiatal hernia can cause heartburn and other symptoms. GERD is a common esophageal condition linked to ...

The trachea, or windpipe, allows air to pass in and out of the lungs. A tracheal injury, whether genetic or external, can interfere with breathing and quickly become life-threatening. Current ...

Certain congenital or acquired diseases and defects such as tracheo-oesophageal fistula, tracheomalacia, tracheal stenosis, airway ischemia, infections, and tumours can cause damage to the trachea.

The vagus nerve is one of 12 pairs of cranial nerves in the body. It’s involved in various bodily functions, including digestion, heart rate, and breathing. There are 12 cranial nerves in the body.

As a person with a chronic illness, I'm no stranger to bloodwork. I used to pore over my lab results, googling the various meanings, and trying not to panic when a test fell out of range. Function ...

Have you ever taken a gulp of water that goes down the wrong way? Or felt acid reflux bubbling up? It feels like your windpipe seizes up and you quickly emit a cough or maybe three. Researchers now ...

When a mouthful of water goes down the wrong pipe – heading toward a healthy person’s lungs instead of their gut – they start coughing uncontrollably. That’s because their upper airway senses the ...

A woman in South Korea made history as the first person to receive a "new" windpipe 3D printed from stem cells. Now that the transplant appears to have been a success, her experience could pave the ...