Wayne Donald Peterson sat in the Gonda building with his portable oxygen concentrator resting by his feet. Peterson, who was previously on 7 liters of oxygen a minute, would only be able to take that ...

After your final cigarette, your lungs start working to clean themselves. Some habits, like exercise and avoiding pollutants, may help support your lung health. If you’ve recently quit smoking, you’ve ...

A unique procedure at Northwestern could cut down long waiting lists for those in need of a lung transplant. Nicknamed “lungs in a box,” the ex-vivo lung perfusion procedure allows donated lungs to be ...

A medical procedure that helps figure out why people have a hard time breathing is now available to Tulsa residents. Oklahoma Heart Institute is the first in Oklahoma to offer Cardiopulmonary exercise ...

About two years ago, John McLees' lungs had become so badly damaged that he could barely get from one side of his small condo to the other without feeling like he'd just finished an intense workout.