Missouri patient survives double-lung transplant after innovative 48-hour bridge therapy removes infected lungs, offering new ...

Two years later, he's alive and well.

The doctors faced a dilemma: The patient’s lungs were fueling the infection, but he was too sick to undergo a transplant ...

Across the spectrum of human afflictions—from cancer to heart disease to rare genetic conditions—medical investigators are continually attempting to break new ground by developing better methods of ...

Northwestern Medicine surgeons kept a 33-year-old man alive for 48 hours without lungs using a Total Artificial Lung system ...

Researchers suggest "total artificial lung" approach might make double-lung transplant saf ...

Discover how a surgical team engineered an improvised artificial lung system that kept a man alive for 48 hours without lungs ...

In a remarkable act of life preservation, surgeons were able to keep a critically ill man alive for 48 hours without a pair of lungs, while he waited for a double lung transplant – a radical approach ...

During Healthy Lung Month and the cold part of the year, you might be thinking a little more than normal about the way you breathe. But during any part of the year, we all need to get oxygen to live.

The lungs belonged to a 52-year-old brain dead person who had indeed smoked for nearly 30 years. However ... What's False There's no evidence the person specifically smoked a pack a day, nor did the ...

The breathing exercise will likely reduce cortisol levels by 23 to 27 per cent, according to Luke Coutinho.