Hyperinflation refers to the lung’s increase in size due to the trapped air that has caused them to expand. The BREATHE-3 trial uses self-expanding nitinol airway scaffolds that are placed ...

Surgeons at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago were able to keep a critically ill patient alive for 48 hours after removing both of his lungs, the hospital reported last week. The patient, a 33-year-old ...

A patient with double lung failure survived for two days without both organs after surgeons used an artificial system to replace their function until a transplant became possible. In a report ...

Humans can’t live without lungs. And yet for 48 hours, in a surgical suite at Northwestern University, a 33-year-old man lived with an empty cavity in his chest where his lungs used to be. He was kept ...

In 2023 thoracic surgeon Ankit Bharat was working at Northwestern Memorial Hospital when he was drafted to help a 33-year-old influenza patient who was on the verge of death. Bharat recalls that the ...

Donna Culton, MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, outlines diagnosing autoimmune blistering diseases. Persistent, intensely itchy rashes in older adults are often written off as eczema or ...

Humans can't live without lungs, but Ankit Bharat's patient did for 48 hours. Reporting in the journal Med, surgeons describe how they removed a patient's infected lungs and built "artificial lungs" ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

The team's total artificial lung system, or TAL, bought the man precious time until a double lung transplant was viable. Reading time 3 minutes Our lungs are crucial for every breath of life we take.

WASHINGTON — A new study examining the lasting effects of exposure to military burn pits found soot and dust embedded in the lungs of post-9/11 veterans with restricted breathing and inflamed airways.

NORTH PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- There's a potential new treatment for severe emphysema, and Philadelphia is a key test site for this small device with big potential to improve lives. In COPD (Chronic ...

Aventura got a gift just in time for the holidays: Bulla Gastrobar is now open in the city. Located just south of the Aventura Mall, Bulla opened just before Christmas, with a 5,531-square-foot space ...