It is a leading driver of heart disease and stroke, lung cancer, and respiratory infections the world over. Exposure to such pollution, the most deadly of which scientists call PM2.5, is the sixth ...

Lung cancer among never-smokers is rising worldwide. In one U.S. study of 12,000 lung cancer patients, the share of people who didn’t smoke rose from 8 to 15 percent over twenty years.

Exposure to air pollution, other contaminants and traditional herbal medicines may be contributing to the development of lung ...

Breathing polluted air—even at levels considered “safe”—may quietly damage your heart. A new study using advanced MRI scans found that people exposed to more air pollution showed early signs of ...

President of the Society for Gastroenterology and Hepatology in Nigeria (SOGHIN), Professor Jesse Otegbayo, has said that long-term exposure to fine particle pollution quietly circulating round the ...

An international study found that air pollution leads to more cancer-related genetic changes than secondhand smoke.

Research from the NIH’s National Cancer Institute, an agency beleaguered by funding cuts and censorship, finds that ...

Researchers using cardiac MRI have found that long-term exposure to air pollution is associated with early signs of heart ...

MRI evidence shows modest urban haze stiffens heart tissue, marking air pollution as a stealth cardiac saboteur beyond ...