Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lung cancer rates and deaths have fallen precipitously in recent decades overall — but diagnoses are rising for nonsmokers. (Getty ...

While smoking remains the leading risk factor, other contributors include secondhand smoke, air pollution, radon exposure and a family history of lung cancer.

Last week, the New England Journal of Medicine released an article, “Tobacco Product Use among U.S. Adults, 2023–2024,” which ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Using data from the 2012 to 2018 Lung Transplant Outcomes Group cohort study, Diamond and colleagues analyzed ...

(Reuters) -Exposure to wildfire smoke may increase lung cancer patients' risk of dying from their disease, particularly among non-smokers, but the effect may be mitigated by certain cancer treatments, ...

Research shows a growing number of non- and never-smokers are getting diagnosed with lung cancer. Risks for never-smokers ...

Smoking is a harmful habit that affects not only the smoker but also those around them, particularly children. The impact of secondhand smoke on children’s health is profound, with the lungs being one ...

A study has found that even after just two years of quitting smoking, the risk of developing lung cancer begins to decrease ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Seeing smoky skies is an all too familiar sight in California. "If you can smell it, as the doctors will tell you, you are breathing in those fine particles and they are not ...

With wildfire smoke continuing to affect Green Country, local experts are warning of the potential risks posed by inhaling smoky air. Dr. Jad Kebbe, a pulmonologist at the University of Oklahoma ...

Vaping has emerged in the last few years as a safer alternative to smoking. But health experts emphasize that "safer" doesn't mean "safe" — especially for people who don't already smoke. "Existing ...