Lung Diseases

RTT NewsInterMune Shares Soar After FDA Panel Backs Lung Disease DrugDailyFinanceWhile reversal of the disease may not be feasible due to the presence of fixed and irreversible fibrosis, the slowing of progression in loss of lung volume .

Searching for Commonalities between Two Deadly Lung DiseasesNCI Cancer BulletinThe majority of these tobacco-related deaths are caused by two diseases: lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Expert calls for total smoking banThe Press AssociationMore young people are being treated for smoking-related lung diseases, an expert has claimed.

My Dream for Tom Friedman: No More Columns on 'More Than 100 Percent Clean Coal'Huffington Post (blog)Perhaps Friedman needs to interview one of the three coal miners who die daily from black lung disease--which is still on the rise in 2010! .

New Research Could Help Provide Answers To Mesothelioma, EnglandMedical News Today (press release)Research grants, like the June Hancock Mesothelioma Research Fund, are so important in furthering our understanding of this cruel lung disease.