As the leading cause of preventable death globally, tobacco continues to impose a devastating toll on public health, national ...

Certain habits can make your body age quickly. Learn the lifestyle factors that accelerate aging by your mid-30s and how to ...

The life expectancy for residents of The Loop is 87.3 years, according to numbers from the Chicago Department of Public ...

The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), the planet's greatest driver of year-to-year climate swings, shapes temperature, ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York City residents are living longer than ever before, but longstanding demographic disparities have persisted across the five boroughs. On Tuesday, the city Health ...

The 2022 Bexar County community health needs assessment revealed a painful truth: Where you live in San Antonio has a powerful influence on your health and your life expectancy. The report found that ...

There's a little town in Central New York that our old colleague, Bill Geist visited 14 years ago, when he said, "On Christmas morning, what better place to be than Seneca Falls, N.Y.? The town loudly ...

Emphysema is a chronic lung condition characterised by the destruction of alveolar walls. This pathophysiology involves damage that impairs the lungs' ability to recoil: decreasing airflow and causing ...

Pulmonary hypertension life expectancy and prognosis can vary broadly, but have improved in the era of modern treatment.

Background The relationship of social determinants of health (SDOH), environmental exposures and medical history to lung function trajectories is underexplored. A better understanding of these ...