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Columnist Sam Kirton marks four years since his bilateral lung transplant by reflecting on his health, his family, and his ...
A Texas researcher received a $219,000 NIH grant to study the potential of a treatment for radiation-induced pulmonary ...
Because certain IPF and post-transplant medications can cause sun sensitivity, skin protection is crucial, says columnist Sam Kirton.
One of my frustrations as a pulmonary fibrosis patient is finding solid information about what to expect as my PF progresses. I’ve asked several doctors what to expect during the end stage of PF, but ...
Secondary efficacy measures included the time to the first occurrence of an acute disease exacerbation, hospitalization due to breathing problems, or death. The trial is also assessing ...
Pulmonary rehabilitation is an education- and exercise-driven program that helps improve lung health and function in people with chronic lung diseases such as pulmonary fibrosis. The program is ...
“Following productive FDA interactions and positive top-line results from the Phase 1b trial, we have designed our RENEW trial to test the promise of our dual mechanism approach to targeting alveolar ...
Patients were assigned randomly to receive either 30 or 60 mg of the therapy, or a placebo, taken twice a day, for about six months. Background use of antifibrotics or select immunosuppressive ...
One of the things she wanted most from her transplant was the chance to spend quality time with friends and family. But exactly one year after her transplant, the world shut down because of COVID-19.
These early findings support larger studies of EGCG’s anti-fibrotic potential in IPF, which if confirmed, would place EGCG as a therapy candidate for this patient population. The study, “ Reversal of ...