Recent research suggests that the biologic medications benralizumab and dupilumab can help treat emphysema. Learn more here.

Rivera also highlighted paraseptal emphysema as a risk factor for lung cancer but noted some “conflicting data” on the factor.

Famed filmmaker David Lynch, 78, says that while he loved everything about smoking, he stopped two years ago after being diagnosed with emphysema.

David Lynch, best known for the TV series “Twin Peaks” and “Mulholland Drive,” is now “homebound” due to emphysema.

David Lynch is 'homebound whether I like it or not' as he battles emphysema, a condition that affects breathing. But the filmmaker says he will 'never retire.' ...

David Lynch revealed he has been diagnosed with emphysema and can no longer direct in person or leave the house.

Although emphysema is not hereditary, a rare genetic condition called alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) can pass down in families and cause the disease. Learn more here.

Paraseptal emphysema may represent an early stage of apical bulla formation. Affected patients are predisposed to the development of bullous emphysema, pneumothorax, and pneumomediastinum.

In paraseptal emphysema, there is permanent enlargement of the distal region of the secondary pulmonary lobule, accompanied by destruction of alveolar ducts and sacs and by dilated alveoli that are ...

After you quit smoking, emphysema may progress and breathing may be harder, but learn why quitting still helps.

Similar results were seen with centrilobular and paraseptal emphysema, suggesting that the combination of cigarette and marijuana smoking may have a synergistic role on the lungs and airways.