More articles about: Lung Function
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Chronic high carbon dioxide levels in the blood associated with more hospitalizations and death
Patients with obesity are especially at risk.
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A 1-year-old’s journey after severe COVID sickness
After her 17-month-old daughter got a life-threatening case of COVID, Andrea Bell is encouraging others to continue protecting those that can’t get vaccinated.
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A Pregnant Liver Transplant Recipient Conquers COVID-19
A pregnant liver transplant recipient receives cutting-edge monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID-19 months before her due date.
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Repurposing Tocilizumab in Scleroderma Patients May Prevent Early Lung Disease
A phase 3 clinical trial finds an anti-inflammatory drug used in rheumatoid arthritis can preserve lung function in patients with systemic sclerosis.
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Protein Linked to Progressive Lung Scarring in Scleroderma Patients
Osteopontin is discovered as the culprit behind these patients’ main cause of death. However, a repurposed immunosuppressive drug may combat the pro-inflammatory protein.
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Double Lung Transplant Comes with Bittersweet Memories
A double lung transplant rids one patient of emphysema and gives him a lifetime to breathe.
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Liver Transplant Recipient Fights Off COVID-19
A liver transplant recipient spends 40 days in the ICU at Michigan Medicine and recovers. He shares how his wife and a familiar doctor helped him survive.
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Conquering COVID-19: Michigan Medicine’s First Patient Shares His Story
The first coronavirus patient in Michigan Medicine’s care was not only a father of three, but a double lung transplant recipient. COVID-19 came to their home, but the family made a full recovery.
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How a New Valve Therapy for COPD Helped One Patient Breathe Easier
Janice Bright describes how minimally invasive treatment for advanced COPD improved her quality of life.
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Myositis: Understanding the Rare Autoimmune Disease
Myositis is a rare autoimmune disease signified mainly by profound muscle weakness. A Michigan Medicine expert talks about symptoms, treatments and research related to the condition.
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How Baby Jordan Brought FETO, and Hope, to Midwest
After receiving a rare prenatal diagnosis, one Michigan Medicine surgeon helped a family’s unborn baby get an experimental utero surgery called fetal endoscopic tracheal occlusion (FETO).
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Travel Dreams Come True After Lung Reduction Surgery
After suffering from emphysema for years, a lung volume reduction surgery at Michigan Medicine drastically changed one woman’s quality of life, igniting her love of travel once again.
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Could Your Child be Vaping? What All Parents Need to Know
A pediatric pulmonologist from Michigan Medicine’s C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital discusses the signs of vaping and tips for talking to teens about smoking.
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To Vape or Not to Vape?
Vaping and e-cigarettes have quickly become popular among teens today, but pulmonary expert, Wassim Walid Labaki, M.D., warns that vaping won’t mitigate risks to your health, and could be responsible for creating them.
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A Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Revolution
Interventional pulmonology, a relatively new medical subspecialty, is changing the way doctors diagnose and treat lung and airway conditions, including lung cancer.
