Prior to the fridge, lungs would be kept on ice, which could damage them. The fridge allows for more flexibility in scheduling, which in turn can lead to fewer mistakes. Other promising news is on ...

A technology the institute adopted just months ago was a game changer for Crosslin, whose lungs were fused so tightly to his chest cavity that doctors needed extra time to delicately remove them.

The lungs that Dr. Ankit Bharat took out of Tadd Crosslin, a 49-year-old father of twins, were marred with billions of cancer cells. They were “perhaps the most diseased that we’ve ever seen,” said ...

In a landmark medical achievement, Twinkle Dogra regained hand function after a 12-hour surgery in Faridabad, India. The ...

Columnist Sam Kirton has spent years finding calm through a popular British phrase, which has allowed him to carry on through medical crises.

The median length of survival for individuals with ILD who completed pulmonary rehabilitation was 6.1 years vs 4.7 years in the control group. Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) may improve survival at 5 ...

JJ Halliburton, 4, is living a better life thanks to a new liver he received at the Vanderbilt Transplant Center, now the third busiest in the U.S.

A new technique in lung transplantation could save many more lives. Northwestern Medicine Canning Thoracic Institute says it has adopted practices known as "lungs in a box" and "lungs in a fridge" ...

What started as a conversation about a new app, became a story about how new technology from a company called Paragonix has ...

A crucial part of that expansion is attracting top-tier medical talent to Oklahoma. INTEGRIS Health is actively recruiting doctors from across the country who want to practice in a state-of-the-art ...

Early acute rejection following lung transplantation can be safely detected and graded by transbronchial biopsy via bronchoscopy.

More than 2,500 patients are currently waiting for that lifesaving transplant in Michigan. More than 100,000 are waiting ...