Seven years ago, Justine Laymond lay on a hospital bed on life-support. After a double lung transplant, the 39-year-old British woman is a crew member on Edinburgh Inspiring Capital, the Scottish entrant in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. (CHRI…
People on the lung transplant waiting list should accept lungs from smokers according to a new study.
Opera singer Charity Tillman-Dick has an enlarged heart, and suffers from idiopathic pulmonary hypertension, a condition that doesn't allow oxygen to be properly absorbed, causing the heart to work overtime.
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Opera singer who was in coma with enlarged heart, condition that prevents oxygen absorption, returns to stage
Opera Singer Charity Tillman-Dick took the stage for the first time after a remarkable recovery from her second double lung transplant. Seth Doane reports on her road to recovery.
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Sen. Sharon Runner thought getting a new set of lungs signaled the end of the worst of her battle with a rare auto-immune disorder. Then came recovery.
A Melbourne woman is hoping a lung transplant will allow her to live to see her twin babies being born next month as part of a surrogacy pact with her sister-in-law.
OAKVILLE BEAVER – No matter what life throws in his path, the wheels on Rob Alexander-Carew’s bike will never stop rolling.