We're a nation of confused germophobes.
lungs
We often tend to think of rural environments as being less polluted than our cities — fewer cars, less air pollution, etc. Thus we might expect folks living in rural areas to have fewer lung-related ailments.
Last week, international media outlets reported that asparagus causes cancer. It does not.
A young man who received a lung transplant four weeks ago following a terrible case of pneumonia that caused his lungs to collapse has died.