LAFAYETTE HILL, Pa. (WPVI) -- Pulmonary fibrosis turns the lungs to scar tissue, making it harder and harder to breathe. Help may be on the way, however. A drug being tested locally aims at giving ...
1don MSN
How this Philadelphia hospital is making biopsies better and easier for lung disease patients
Instead of big incisions, doctors at Jefferson Einstein Hospital are using tiny scopes with tips that freeze. For patients, ...
You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. DEAR DR. ROACH: My childhood friend just emailed me that she has a 1.1-cm ...
Fibrosis of the lungs is often a silent disease until it's too late. By the time patients are diagnosed, the scarring of their lung tissue is already advanced, and current treatments offer little more ...
UVA Health lung researchers are developing a promising approach to detecting patients at risk of interstitial lung disease (ILD), an increasingly common condition that is a leading reason for lung ...
The approval marks the first new treatment option for people living with progressive pulmonary fibrosis (PPF) in more than five years.PPF is a rare lung condition, more life-threatening than many ...
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Lung disease: Man given one year to live after surprise diagnosis; what you need to know about IPF
Christopher Kennedy's unexpected IPF diagnosis after a routine X-ray highlights the insidious nature of this lung disease. Affecting mostly older adults, IPF causes lung scarring, leading to ...
A new study has explored the potential of Dextromethorphan, an FDA-approved drug, in the treatment of lung fibrosis. Lung fibrosis occurs after accumulation of scar tissue in the lung (left image ...
Pulmonary fibrosis is a deadly disease in which the lungs become thickened and scarred, gradually losing their ability to deliver oxygen to the body. Now, scientists at UC San Francisco have ...
Animate Biosciences today announces new preclinical results demonstrating that AI-designed peptides generated by its AnimateIQ™ discovery platform significantly reduced hallmark inflammation and ...
If you have a certain kind of lung disease, your doctor may suggest treatment with Ofev. It’s a prescription medication used to treat certain conditions that cause scarring and inflammation in the ...
Dear Dr. Roach: My childhood friend just emailed me that she has a 1.1-cm lesion on her lung. It was found on a CT scan. She’s having another CT scan today. She is a former smoker and has COPD. Is the ...
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