A review in the Journal of Clinical Investigation shows how particulate matter damages the lungs through oxidative stress, ...

(The Hill) – Exposure to air pollution, other contaminants and traditional herbal medicines may be contributing to the development of lung cancer in people who have little or no history of smoking, a ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A new study found that air pollution can cause lung cancer in people who have never smoked, and can damage the organ in multiple other ways. The new study, published in Nature, ...

What if the air you breathe every day is silently increasing your risk of a life-threatening disease? In bustling Indian urban areas with heavy traffic and rapid growth, air quality is a growing ...

"aSAH has a high risk of death and disability, so understanding the risk factors for rupture in patients with brain aneurysms ...

New research has identified the mechanism by which air pollution damages the lungs’ self-cleaning system, leaving us vulnerable to infection. In doing so, it has also identified a way to reverse that ...

LOS ANGELES, CA (IANS) – Early-life exposure to air pollution may have a direct effect on lung health later in life, reveals a study on Friday that underlines the need to reduce pollution. Scientists ...

Air pollution doesn’t just increase the risk of dementia — it actually makes Alzheimer’s disease worse,’ Dr. Edward Lee says ...

The air you breathe doesn’t just affect your lungs. It could be toxic to your brain. A study by University of Pennsylvania researchers linked increased exposure to air pollution to worse cases of ...

Living in areas with higher levels of fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) is linked to more severe buildup of amyloid ...

Microscopic plastic pollutants drifting through the air are lodging in the lungs of birds, a new University of Texas at Arlington study finds. Researchers worldwide are increasingly alarmed by how ...