Catch Your Breath: How Your Lungs Change As You Age
February 13, 2019
It’s not your imagination: your breathing may change, and you may be more susceptible to pneumonia or other bacterial or viral lung infections, as you age. To better understand why that may happen, it’s important to first understand the biological process going on in your lungs as you breathe in…
Smoke Signals: The Risks Continue For Older Smokers
December 8, 2016
We all know that smoking is terrible for our health. Some smokers, however, justify it by assuming that limited smoking as we get older will mitigate the real risks. In fact, that is not the case. In a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine, researchers looking at smokers age…