Why Do Organ Transplants Fail So Often?

Pulmonary fibrosis has no known cure as yet, but there are several treatment options available to ease the symptoms, lung transplant being one of them – and also the most efficient treatment curently. But sometimes things don’t go quite so well after the organ is transplanted into the patient’s…

Researchers at Genentech/Roche presented the outcomes of three studies investigating pirfenidone’s action in IPF patients, during the American Thoracic Society (ATS) 2016 International Conference, held in San Francisco, May 13-18. Esbriet, also known by the generic name of pirfenidone, is an antifibrotic agent commonly prescribed as a treatment for…

You probably know what Vitamin D is and where and how you can find it. In food, this vitamin is easily found in cheese, butter, fatty fish, and healthy cereals among others. An even more natural way to get more vitamin D is from the sun –  the…

We are all aware that breathing is a pretty important thing, right? But in order to breathe correctly, and not have any problems with it, our respiratory system must work perfectly. In this video, shared by CrashCourse, watch Mark talk about the respiratory…

A recent scientific article from researchers in Italy proposes that innate immune responses specific to individual patients could determine how rapidly idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) progresses. The research study, titled “Immune Inflammation and Disease Progression in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis“ appeared May 9, 2016 in the journal…

One of the major symptoms of suffering from a lung disease is difficulty in breathing. Pulmonary fibrosis, COPD and other lung diseases are some of the conditions that may cause patients to have trouble breathing. In this video, shared by physicaltherapyvideo, watch…

An Endowed Chair in Mining-Related Lung Disease was established at the University of New Mexico (UNM) Health Sciences Center to help miners fight medical problems associated with the occupation. The project is the result of efforts from the UNM and the Miners’ Colfax Medical Center (MCMC), and it was…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9D2HUyud-k#t=27 In this video from Tom Nation, learn how to do the active cycle of breathing (ACBT). Tom is a sports therapist and a student physiotherapist finishing his masters at the University Of Essex. This breathing exercise will help you clear phlegm off your chest.

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (or IPF) is a disease that has no known cause and, up until now, no known cure. There are several treatment options available to ease the symptoms, but there’s still no cure. Among the treatments available, there is lung transplant, which has been the most successful method…

According to research published in the journal Molecular Medicine Reports, blocking the reactive oxygen species-producing NOX1 enzyme prevented fibrotic changes in the lungs of mice exposed to irradiation, suggesting that pulmonary fibrosis caused by chest radiotherapy might be prevented by the use of specific blockers of the enzyme NOX1.