Also referred to as the windpipe, this is the long, flexible tube that carries air toward the lungs. At its base, the trachea splits into two branches. These are the bronchi. (For fellow science ...

Long-time smokers can significantly reduce their risk of lung cancer, one of the most common and deadly types, if they stop smoking and get screened for lung cancer, said St. Luke’s thoracic surgeon ...

These objects can end up anywhere in the upper airways or the upper digestive tract, including the nose, throat, the esophagus, the trachea (windpipe) or the smaller air passages in the lungs called ...