An estimated 3.1 million Americans have been diagnosed with emphysema, the life-threatening condition most commonly associated with smoker's lung and long-term tobacco use. As a severe and related ...

Temple University Hospital became the first U.S. hospital to treat an emphysema patient using a new minimally invasive procedure recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The ...

Emphysema happens gradually as tobacco smoke or other pollutants damage the tiny air sacs in your lungs called alveoli. Normally, some 300 million alveoli help bring oxygen into your body and get rid ...

Emphysema is a form of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD. Centrilobular emphysema is a specific type of emphysema that affects the upper lobes of the lungs. Centrilobular emphysema is the ...

A benefit for Judy Durso will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Rodano’s, 53 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre. Durso, a lifelong resident of Kingston, has suffered from emphysema for 18 years. She needs a ...