David Lynch had a long and successful career in film before he died in January 2025. The late 78-year-old Twin Peaks director and actor was a smoker for most of his life — since the age of 8 years old ...

David Lynch is determined to keep working despite his ongoing health issues. In a new interview, the 78-year-old “Twin Peaks” director said he was diagnosed with emphysema, which has greatly impacted ...

David Lynch, the 78-year-old visionary director of Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet, has died. Lynch's family announced his death in a Jan. 16 post on social media, writing there's "a big hole in the world ...

David Lynch, writer and director of the Hollywood movies “Dune” and “Blue Velvet” and co-creator of the TV series “Twin Peaks,” has died at age 78, less than six months after announcing he had been ...

David Lynch, the iconic screenwriter and director behind surrealist staples “Twin Peaks” and “Eraserhead,” has been diagnosed with emphysema — and he says it has taken a toll on his ability to direct.

Researchers at National Jewish Health evaluating computerized tomography (CT) scans of emphysema progression in the COPDGene study showed that, during a span of 10 years, participants with ...

David Lynch, who transformed television and film with series such as "Twin Peaks" and movies like "Blue Velvet" and "Mulholland Drive," announced Monday that he is battling the lung disease emphysema.

Obstructive emphysema causes the air sacs in the lungs to rupture and enlarge. This leads to fewer but larger air sacs, limiting airflow in and out of the lungs. Obstructive emphysema, or emphysema, ...

Legendary filmmaker David Lynch said he uses a supplemental oxygen tank now because of emphysema caused by decades of smoking. The “Blue Velvet” director revealed in August he was suffering from ...

David Lynch, best known for the TV series “Twin Peaks” and “Mulholland Drive,” is now “homebound” due to emphysema. The director made the revelation during an interview with Sight and Sound magazine. ...

Emphysema and airway inflammation are more common among marijuana smokers than cigarette smokers, according to a study of a small group of patients published by the Radiological Society of North ...

Smoking cannabis was not associated with impaired lung functioning for young adults in a new longitudinal study published in Respiratory Medicine. In contrast to another recent study suggesting that ...