Inspiratory reserve volume is the maximum amount of additional air that can be taken into the lungs after a normal breath. Expiratory reserve volume is the maximum amount of additional air that ...

But pollution, dust, chemical fumes and even vaping, can also destroy lung tissue, Cleveland Clinic notes. People with emphysema can find it increasingly hard to breath, as damaged parts of the ...

Furthermore, he notes how it can increase the risk of lung cancer as well. "Aside from these, while in high doses, beta-carotene seems to function differently in the lungs of smokers.

Your lungs have an almost "magical" ability to repair some of the damage caused by smoking - but only if you stop, say scientists. The mutations that lead to lung cancer had been considered to be ...

A new method of scanning lungs is able to show the effects of treatment on lung function in real time and enable experts to see the functioning of transplanted lungs. This could enable medics to ...

Carbon dioxide diffuses from the blood into the alveoli. These three features are particularly important to our lungs for efficient gas exchange. Most of them also apply to other exchange surfaces ...