How Your Lungs Work
Singer Amy Winehouse was released from the hospital Monday after a weeklong stay. The doctors found early traces of emphysema, a lung disease caused primarily by smoking. What would happen to Winehouse if her lungs gave out?
Your lungs are complex organs, but what they do is take a gas that your body needs to get rid of (carbon dioxide) and exchange it for a gas that your body can use… » Full Story on HowStuffWorks
Your lungs are complex organs, but what they do is take a gas that your body needs to get rid of (carbon dioxide) and exchange it for a gas that your body can use… » Full Story on HowStuffWorks
