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June 14, 2019June 14, 2019

Oxygen Use, Lower Lung Function Seen as Predictors of Death or Transplant in IPF, Study Shows

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The use of oxygen at rest is associated with a greater likelihood of death or lung transplant in people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a study shows. The results ... Read more

June 12, 2019June 10, 2019

Navigating the Grieving Process: Death Can Trigger Unexpected Emotions

Columns, Gonna Live My Life by Mark Koziol

In the past week, two people have passed with whom I am familiar. One of them is well-known in the pulmonary fibrosis community; the other is a close family ... Read more

May 8, 2019May 17, 2019

Bittersweet Memories of My Mom on Mother’s Day

Columns, Gonna Live My Life by Mark Koziol

Another Mother’s Day is upon us. As each year comes round, it seems that I think about my mother more and more. My mom passed away on June 27, ... Read more

May 3, 2019May 2, 2019

Becoming My Mother’s Guardian

Columns, Courage to Care - a column by Christie Patient

It started with a cough that just wouldn’t go away. Many of you probably know what that cough feels like. I don’t. I do, however, know what it feels ... Read more

April 17, 2019April 17, 2019

Rare Gene Variants Linked to Worse Lung Transplant Outcomes in PF Patients

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Rare variants in genes that regulate the end regions of chromosomes — called telomeres — are linked with worse survival rates after lung transplant in pulmonary fibrosis (PF) patients, ... Read more

April 11, 2019April 18, 2019

The ‘Logan Boulet Effect’ and Its Impact on Patients with PF

Columns, Younger than 30: Living with IPF, a column by Charlene Marshall

Most Canadians will remember where they were when they heard the news of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash on April 6, 2018. The Saskatchewan-based hockey team was traveling to ... Read more

March 27, 2019March 25, 2019

The Beauty of My Support Network

Columns, Gonna Live My Life by Mark Koziol

In June 2016, Lifebanc held its Gift of Life Walk and Run alongside the Transplant Games of America in Cleveland, Ohio. I was a few months post-lung transplant and I felt strong ... Read more

March 20, 2019March 22, 2019

IPF, Lung Transplant, and the Cleveland Browns

Columns, Gonna Live My Life by Mark Koziol

I have been a season ticket holder with the Cleveland Browns football team since it returned to action in the city in 1999 after a hiatus. I am part ... Read more

March 12, 2019March 15, 2019

Beautiful Hopes for Kim Fredrickson’s Transplant Journey

Columns, Just Breathe...Compassionate Help for the PF Journey

Editor’s note: Brad Dell, the head of columns for BioNews Services, wrote this column. When I walked into Kim Fredrickson’s room in the intensive care unit (ICU), my emotions ... Read more

February 13, 2019February 18, 2019

‘Gonna Live My Life’: A New PF News Column That Tells My Story

Columns, Gonna Live My Life by Mark Koziol

At 12:06 a.m. on Dec. 3, 2015, the much-anticipated phone call came. I knew what the call pertained to as soon as I saw the first digits on the ... Read more