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Inhale this: Why vaping is destroying your lungs

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Apr 4, 2025

Vaping may seem like a safer alternative to smoking, but it can have serious consequences for your lungs, too. As more people—especially teens and young adults—turn to e-cigarettes, the long-term effects on lung health are becoming increasingly clear. Let’s explore...

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Boost your breathing: How exercise strengthens your lung health

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Feb 4, 2025

You’ve probably heard about the many ways exercise can strengthen your muscles, bones and even your heart. But did you know your lungs can benefit from a workout, too? Your lungs are a vital organ in your body, working to...

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Can you live with one lung?

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Apr 24, 2024

Your lungs are vital organs that allow you to breathe. They take in oxygen from the air you inhale and remove carbon dioxide from your body when you exhale. Oxygen is then transported to your body's cells, where it's used...

When is a cough more than just a cough?

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Feb 8, 2022

So, you have a cough. Besides being annoying (both to you and likely those around you), a cough can be a symptom of more serious conditions—especially if lingers for a long time, is accompanied by fever or other symptoms, or...

7 tips to help you quit vaping

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Nov 18, 2019

Can’t seem to get rid of your vaping habit? The best way to begin the process is to analyze how it first started. There are many reasons why people begin using e-cigarettes: to stop smoking, to fit in with their...

7 things you should know about bronchitis

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Jul 16, 2019

From coughing and a sore throat, to fever, to sinus and nasal congestion, and even wheezing, respiratory symptoms can leave you feeling miserable. Potential causes include allergies, sinus infection, throat infection and pneumonia, but one of the most common causes...

How to take control of your asthma with the “Rules of Two” paradigm

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Mar 4, 2019

More than 26 million Americans are all too familiar with the feeling of “breathing through a straw” — or in other words, an asthma attack. A patient of mine named Scott described it this way after being diagnosed with adult-onset...

Breathing through a straw: Life with adult-onset asthma

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May 24, 2018

Having asthma is like breathing through a straw.Those words stare at me every day like a billboard. That’s how Mark Millard, MD, pulmonologist on the medical staff at the Baylor Scott & White Martha Foster Lung Care Center, first described...

COPD patients use harmonicas to increase lung capacity

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Nov 15, 2017

Take a breath, hold it in your lungs and count to three. Now exhale, but don’t let out all the air. Now take in another breath and hold it, let a little out, and inhale once more. Imagine: Could you...

Could your chest cold be a sign of asthma?

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Aug 7, 2017

When you think about asthma, what comes to mind? Maybe it’s an image of your child coughing after exposure to pollen, or maybe it’s a kid running around on the soccer field that starts wheezing. We usually do not think...

Is vaping as bad as smoking?

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Jan 12, 2016

Fortunately, in the United States, smoking is decreasing over the last decade. As a surgeon who treats lung cancer, this makes me very happy.However, a new trend has developed over recent years with the use of electronic cigarettes or vaping....

3 chronic conditions that can damage your lungs

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Mar 23, 2015

Every time you take a breath, it kick-starts a complex series of events that brings oxygen from the air into the blood that circulates through your entire body. It’s a fascinating process that can sometimes hit speed bumps.“At least 40...