A new Swedish study reveals that maintaining a healthy BMI throughout childhood is crucial for optimal lung development. Researchers tracking 4,000 children over 24 years found that both ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is sounding the alarm over increased cases of lung infections in the U.S., especially among children, as flu season begins. According to the CDC ...

With lung and eye infection on rise due to increasing pollution level in the city, the doctors have advised parents to avoid ...

Kids began to become too skinny, normal weight or too fat by the age of 2, researchers found. Lung function was measured at ages 8, 16 and 24, researchers said, to give an idea of the children's ...

Children exposed to roadside air pollution could have their lung growth stunted by up to 14%, a study suggests. Living within 50m of a major road could increase the risk of lung cancer by up to 10 ...

The burden of pneumonia is the highest in children, whose lungs are still developing, along with the elderly population and those with weakened immune systems. A serious lung infection caused by ...

since documented cases usually occur among school-age kids or adolescents. M. pneumoniae typically causes respiratory tract infections and can cause damage to the throat, windpipe, and lungs.