A team at Northwestern is the first to perform a transplantation of both lungs and the liver on a patient with advanced lung ...

Long COVID occurs in approximately a third of COVID-19 survivors, with the CDC estimating one in 13 adults in the United ...

Andrew Stevens' only chance at survival is a new set of lungs, but his wife said the VA isn't helping him get that transplant ...

One doctor found himself not only a patient, but the first patient in the world to undergo a procedure that saved his life.

The study of long COVID remains in its infancy, but the pandemic may be spawning new research into other medical areas.

“When these antigens are not present on a cell anymore, the immune system thinks that something has gone wrong with the cell, ...

The following is a summary of "Pulmonary and extra-pulmonary effects of lung transplantation in an Italian cohort of patients with systemic sclerosis," published in the September 2024 issue of ...

Hope is on the horizon for patients living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). CHEST 2024 in Boston featured a session highlighting emerging bronchoscopic therapies.

Heart transplant patients who live in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas are more likely to experience post-surgical complications and die within five years than patients who live in more ...

The technology also offers a foundation for creating tissues and organs for transplantation. Over 34 million people suffer ...

Social events, like parties, can be tempting, but with his family as his anchor, he managed to quit,” says Dr Arvind Kumar, ...

Study reveals 0.4%-2.7% incidence of COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis in severe patients, highlighting significant ...