A protein called PAR1 helps lymphatic vessels structurally transform to boost fluid drainage and support healing when the lungs are injured according to researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine. Injury ...

When a fetus has fluid in their lungs, it’s called fetal hydrothorax (or fetal pleural effusion), per Johns Hopkins Medicine. It’s a serious complication, as this fluid “can compress the lungs and ...

The human body works in complex ways—sometimes, certain motions are so small that it’s easy to miss how they might cause discomfort in the body. In this way, the surface tissues in our lungs actually ...