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Former mixed martial arts fighter Ben Askren received a double lung transplant, his wife said on Monday, June 30, after being ...
About a third of lung transplant patients with cystic fibrosis receive elexacaftor-tezacaftor-ivacaftor; use is higher among ...
When receiving a lung transplant, one of the most important complications to look out for is chronic lung allograft dysfunction, known as CLAD. Preventing this complication for those who receive a ...
Physicians at US lung transplant centers perceive that pulmonary rehabilitation pre- and post- transplant benefits patient outcomes.
Former U.S. Olympic wrestler and UFC fighter Ben Askren shared an emotional update Wednesday, for the first time since undergoing double lung transplant surgery. Askren developed pneumonia ...
In a retrospective review of 301 consecutive lung transplants, the 34 lung recipients taking a GLP-1 drug for diabetes or obesity early in their post-transplant course had 15.19-fold (95% CI 2.08 ...
Amy Askren, the wife of former UFC fighter and Olympian Ben, said that doctors are considering a lung transplant for her husband, who remains on a ventilator.
A Williamsburg man celebrated his 43rd birthday after a successful lung transplant at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), which occurred in mid-May.
Since 2011, there has been a 148.3% increase in lung transplant rates, reaching more than 258 transplants per 100 patient-years according to the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients.
Cornelia Tischmacher's road to survival led from Germany to the United States, where she received a double-lung transplant at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago the day after Christmas 2024.
Shane Jahner of Linton has had two double lung transplants over the past 15 years. This year, his cousin donated a kidney to him. Jahner had his first double lung transplant in 1997 to combat ...