Lung Health

While the common cold tends to run through communities each year, it’s not an illness that should be overlooked. Sometimes what starts as a simple cold can progress into an illness that’s much more serious.

Every year there are an estimated 500,000 to 780,000 reported cases of pulmonary embolism in the United States. Death from this condition can occur in an hour or less, and it is fatal 26 percent of the time. Those are frightening statistics, and enough to send you scurrying to your doctor for an examination. The […]