Doctors in Chicago saved the life of a young Missouri man with a rare infection that had liquefied his lungs, hooking him up to what they have called a total artificial lung. The patient, whose name ...

Novel artificial lungs could help keep people whose lungs no longer function alive long enough to get an organ transplant ...

Once the infected lungs were removed, the patient's condition improved. His blood pressure stabilized, organ function ...

PEF is a newer treatment option for various cancers in the lungs that have failed first-line treatment. It can be offered for ...

Northwestern total artificial lung system kept a patient alive for 48 hours after lung removal before transplant, improving ...

A new artificial lung system might keep people without lungs alive for weeks. Like real lungs, tubes and pumps oxygenate ...

For two days, the patient lived as a human being with no lungs, stabilized by a machine that breathed and buffered his ...

After years of struggling with COPD and relying on oxygen, Robert Hutchison found new hope through the Zephyr valve procedure at FirstHealth with Pinehurst Medical Clinic Pulmonology ...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- LEADOPTIK, Inc. today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance of its Last Inch Assessment(TM) (LIA) system, the world's first ...

Rural hospital closures can improve postoperative outcomes by transferring patients to high-performing centers, despite affecting marginalized populations with more comorbidities. The study analyzed ...