Dr. Jad Kebbe, a pulmonologist at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, discusses the risks of inhaling wildfire ...

We now have a better sense of what might be behind those changes, including the role of the widespread inflammation that COVID can cause.

But what is this? "Pleurisy is inflammation around the lungs, which causes sharp chest pain. It's easy to treat and usually gets better in a few days, but can sometimes be a sign of something more ...

Early infection caused extensive inflammation in many different body systems, noted Dr. Scott Scheinin, MD, director of lung transplantation for Mount Sinai Health System in New York City.

What is the risk of wildfire smoke? Fine-particle air pollution can cause inflammation in the lungs and reduce heart function — lasting effects similar to smoking cigarettes or exposure to ...

This happens because smoking causes inflammation around the teeth and increases your ... may cause babies to be born with underdeveloped lungs. Children whose parents or caregivers smoke ...

They showed that lung vascular disease is preceded by inflammation. Later, they found that specific subtypes of macrophages (a class of white blood cells), recruited to the lung during hypoxia ...

In a recent, cross-institutional study partially funded by the National Institutes of Health, researchers report that healthy ...

But for some, if it “rages” too intensely or persists as a “slow burn” for too long, it can wreak havoc around ... inflammation that can attack and sometimes destroy healthy lung tissue.

Dr. Kebbe: "Short term, you can have irritation of your eyes, lungs, airways, if you have asthma, allergies, or can those can act up, unfortunately. But long term, the inflammation can actually ...