(StatePoint) Close to 238,000 people in the United States will be diagnosed with lung cancer this year. That’s about one person every two and a half minutes. Fortunately, more Americans are surviving ...

Every cell in your body needs oxygen to function properly. Your lungs are crucial in achieving this goal—once you take air into your lungs, oxygen enters the bloodstream and moves through your body.

“Lung cancer, though common and serious, still has many misconceptions,” says Ian Bostock, MD, a thoracic surgeon at Miami Cancer Institute in Florida. “Clearing these myths helps patients and ...

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