So, when your body is fighting a pneumonia, it puts a lot of fluid in the lungs with white blood cells that can fight the infection,” said Dr. Blatt, medical director of TriHealth infectious ...

White lung" isn't a formal medical term, but it often describes pneumonia in children where lung tissue appears white on X-rays, suggesting fluid or inflammation.

Aug. 1 is World Lung Cancer Day, an annual observance dedicated to raising awareness about the deadly disease.

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.

Fluid on the lungs, or pulmonary edema as it's formally known, is a relatively little known hazard associated with open water swimming, warn doctors in the journal BMJ Case Reports after treating ...

Spontaneous bacterial empyema can be life threatening and requires treatment with antibiotics. In some cases, the excess fluid around your lungs may need to be drained with a chest tube.

"One of the more surprising findings was that a large percentage of the lung lymphatic endothelial cells were zipped," Dr. Outtz Reed said. "But in response to injury, zippered junctions in the ...