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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

January 28, 2019February 1, 2019

My Many Concerns When Considering Lung Transplantation

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

Talking about lung transplantation is frightening. It was scary when it was initially introduced following my diagnosis nearly three years ago, and it continues to be difficult to talk ... Read more

September 11, 2018September 14, 2018

Complications with Lung Transplant Evaluations Suck!

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

Two weeks ago, I went to the University of California, San Francisco for my last test for lung transplant evaluation. I had a left heart and right heart catheterization to test ... Read more

July 11, 2018July 16, 2018

Blood-Oxygen Levels of IPF Patient Sustained for Over 1 Year Using ECMO, Doctors in Japan Report

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A man with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) was kept alive and his blood oxygenated for more than a year while waiting for a lung transplant using a type of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ... Read more

June 8, 2018June 8, 2018

Double Lung Transplant Better for Pulmonary Fibrosis Patients Younger than 70, Study Shows

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Double lung transplants are linked to significantly higher survival rates than single lung transplants among pulmonary fibrosis patients younger than 70, a retrospective study shows. The study, “Single versus ... Read more

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