Patient gets second set of lungs
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A patient whose double lung transplant operation was stopped after a plane carrying donor organs crashed into Lake Michigan has received a second set of lungs, doctors announced Friday.
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Five hundred and ninety-six patients, from seven countries (Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom) were included in this retrospective analysis* of patients who originally ...
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A team at London&#39;s Great Ormond Street Hospital points to evidence in two young boys with cystic fibrosis who had been given lung transplants.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 5 -- The patient lay on the operating table, prepped for transplant surgery. In the air over Lake Michigan on Monday, a twin-engine plane sped his way, carrying a team of surgeons and technicians, along with a donor organ on ice.
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A man is being treated in a Dublin hospital with a suspected case of new variant CJD.
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After her death, Maxine Watson saved at least two lives, having arranged for her organs to be donated to those who needed them most.
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Two years ago, Andrew Smith received a heart transplant at UCLA Medical Center. Today, the 46-year-old is healthy once again, training to compete in a triathlon -- thanks to the
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Patients with a potentially fatal lung condition have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on a drug that was not approved for their disease but was promoted for that use.
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The second of four brothers diagnosed with a rare disease returns home after a successful transplant.
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Patients with heart disease are being offered a  treatment with a difference - vibrating trousers.
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I HAD A PATIENT who was a Navy fighter pilot. During his annual flight physical, he asked me if he should quit smoking. Although the answer seemed to be a no-brainer, I asked him what smoking did for him.
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Man's best friend could also be a  lifesaver in the fight against cancer.
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A patient in a vegetative state can communicate using her thoughts, according to research.
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A quiet revolution in the world of lung transplants is saving the lives of people who, just two years ago, would have died on the waiting list.
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It took a record nine months in intensive care at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, but a Kansas man will be back home Saturday, thanks to an experimental heart-assist device that keeps his heart pumping.
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Sometimes it takes one doctor's persistence to help a desperate patient find relief.
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Indonesia's ex-leader, 86, is in a critical condition after suffering multiple organ failure for the second time.