American Lung Assoc. seeks millennials for groundbreaking lung study

Doctors have found a thousand patients and are looking for thousands more for a first-of-its kind millennial lung study.

If your New Year's resolution is to focus on your health, researchers with the American Lung Association have a pitch: how about being in a lung health study?

Our lungs are in peak health at ages 25–35, and doctors need thousands of volunteers in that age group for a first-of-its-kind millennial lung study.

Antaneal Harris took a spirometry test, measuring how well her lungs are functioning. She's a millennial-aged medical volunteer in the American Lung Association's lung health cohort.

“I was like, Oh, okay, that seems interesting. Let me see what it's all about. Because I was curious, like, how does the lung disease stuff even develop? Like, how do you know you get it?" said Harris.

Her numbers are a set of data among 4,000. Harris's tests will also include a low-dose CT scan, blood draws, and lots of questions over a couple of hours. Researchers will follow up with her throughout the next five years.