Paul Pierce had a legendary NBA career, but many fans might forget about a stabbing incident in 2000 that almost ended it before it got a chance to really take off.

Paul Kirtley, 73, started smoking at 11 and only quit after his father - a lifelong smoker - was diagnosed with lung cancer ...

Pope Francis has said in a letter to an Italian newspaper that his lengthy illness has helped make “more lucid” to him the ...

One of the clots had broken off and gone to his lung, causing a pulmonary embolism. "Kind of a long process, scary process, but something I'm very thankful for," Paul said. "I think you can kind ...

The announcement immediately brought to mind the nighttime candlelit vigils in the piazza that preceded the 2005 death of St. John Paul II ... and pre-existing lung disease.

The Argentine pope, who had part of one lung removed as a young man ... standing-room-only Mass in the chapel named for John Paul, who was hospitalized there many times. Some of the estimated ...