From a potential new flu vaccine to a groundbreaking surgical first and critical health reminders, here's today's essential health news.

Dr. Douglas Wood, Henry N. Harkins Endowed Professor, chair of the UW Medicine department of surgery, and recipient of the UW ...

Surgery is a common treatment for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), particularly when the disease is detected early and the tumor is small and is only in one part of the lung. For small cell lung ...

Thoracic surgery — the treatment of diseases of the lungs, airways and chest — has changed more in the last 30 years than in the century before it. For patients, that evolution now means smaller ...

Doctors at Main Line Health now have a new kind of robotic surgery that makes recovery quicker and easier for lung cancer patients. Traditional lung cancer surgery usually involves some pain and a ...

Adults living in rural communities often travel long distances when seeking treatment for cancer, but distant travel may not ...

Individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are already compromised, so the prospect of removing all or part of a lung is especially daunting for these patients if they are also ...

Conservative commentator Victor Davis Hanson revealed on Monday that he is uncertain when he will make a full recovery after ...

Barry Manilow is on the mend after undergoing surgery to remove cancerous tissue on one of his lungs. “I want to share an ...

TORONTO — Thirty-day mortality following lung cancer surgery has greatly decreased in the United States during the past decades, and not unexpectedly, it is lowest in high-volume hospitals, according ...

Manilow announced his lung cancer diagnosis late last year.