Organ transplantation has transformed the lives of thousands of patients with end-stage organ failure. Whether it is a kidney, liver, heart, or lung transplant, these procedures offer a second chance ...

Pulmonologist Dr. Ravi Kalhan, MD answers the internet's burning questions about our lungs. Why do we yawn and why is it contagious? How do lungs heal after a smoker quits? What chemicals actually ...

From organ preservation to surgical technique, lung transplant medicine has undergone a series of quiet revolutions — and the demands on hospitals are changing with it. Gerard Criner, MD, director of ...

The adjuvanted respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine RSVPreF3 was immunogenic in lung transplant (LT) and allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant (alloHCT) recipients. No vaccine-associated ...

Most of Dedra’s life was spent on the sidelines. She was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis – an inherited condition that causes mucus buildup in the lungs, and often leads to infections and damage to ...

A simple blood test could one day replace invasive biopsies for detecting acute cellular rejection (ACR) after lung ...

Oct. 9, 2025, marks the first-ever Lung Transplant Awareness Day. This initiative is dedicated to uniting the lung disease patient community, raising awareness of this lifesaving medical procedure and ...

"My breathing has improved 100%,” Cheryl Mehrkar tells PEOPLE following the groundbreaking procedure Vanessa Etienne is a Staff Writer for PEOPLE on the Health team. She joined the brand in 2021.

Humans can't live without lungs. But Ankit Bharat's patient did for 48 hours. Reporting January 29 in the Cell Press journal Med, surgeons describe how they removed a patient's infected lungs and ...

Kim Lam, from Aberdeen, was young, fit and healthy and working in London in 2015 when her life was turned upside down by lung ...

At the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) 46th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions, held from 22–25 April at the Metro Toronto Convention Center in Toronto, ON, Canada ...