While there are other causes of emphysema, like McLees' genetic condition, the No. 1 cause for the disease is smoking, and because of that, it is considered to be highly preventable.

Emphysema is a condition where the lungs’ air sacs are damaged until they eventually rupture, according to the Mayo Clinic. It can cause a long-term cough, shortness of breath and wheezing, and ...

Medically reviewed by Sanja Jelic, MD Emphysema is a chronic lung disease that occurs when the air sacs in the lungs (called the alveoli) can no longer inflate and deflate to pump air in and out of ...

Emphysema is irreversible destruction of the walls of the air sacs located at the end of the bronchial tubes ().The damaged air sacs, called alveoli (), are not able to exchange oxygen and carbon ...

Emphysema destroys air sacs in the lung, making it hard to breath. That's usually the first outward sign of the disease, but now researchers at Weill Cornell Medical Center have developed a way ...

David Lynch, the iconic screenwriter and director behind surrealist staples “Twin Peaks” and “Eraserhead,” has been diagnosed with emphysema — and he says it has taken a toll on his ...

MUNCIE, Ind. – What is emphysema? In simple terms, emphysema is a condition that results in breathlessness and can make it difficult to breathe. It occurs when the air sacs in the lungs, or the ...

Emphysema: Surgery Can Help. By CBSNews.com staff CBSNews.com staff. October 24, 2000 / 11:45 AM EDT / CBS To a civillian's ear, lung ...

Red-Cell Morphology in Hypoxic Emphysema and Iron-Deficiency Anemia (Wright's Stain). Mean BV, RCV and PV were increased. There was a positive correlation between Hct and RCV modified by the ...

Emphysema, a form of chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD), is the third leading cause of death in the U.S. “There are air sacs in your lungs that are getting bigger than they should.