Don't stop at ECG, check your lung function too: SurveyTimes of IndiaA recent survey across Maharashtra revealed that 97% of those interviewed had heard about ultrasonography scans and 88% knew that ECG scans are meant for the heart. But barely sev…
A stranger's offer of free lodging is one of many blessings as a Walker woman waits for a lung transplant.
How smoking affects your heartTimes of IndiaSmoking is one of the leading causes of lung and oral cancer. But, do you also know that smoking is … In India 35% of people use tobacco and not only increase their own health risk factors but also affect t…
Outcomes for lung transplants 'improving but they're not perfect," a doctor says.
Spectrum Health announced today that it has hired Reda Girgis , MD, to serve as medical director for its lung transplant program.
A medical director has been recruited and a surgical team is in place; all the hospital needs is approval to begin the transplants.
With our station's heat gun, we measured a temperature higher than 800 … Right now about 30 West Michigan patients are sent out of the area for lung …
Right now about 30 West Michigan patients are sent out of the area for lung transplants every year. Dr. Girgis expects to be able to perform at least that many within it's very several years.
Indoor pollution equally harmfulTimes of IndiaIn India, where 50% of households still use biomass fuel, children are prone to chronic cough, more risk of lung cancer and worst of all, pneumonia. Apart from malnutrition, pneumonia is the single largest …
A DOUBLE-lung transplant patient has taken on more than 2,000 miles of ocean in one of the toughest legs of a round-the-world yacht race.