Columnist Samuel Kirton shares his emergency "go bag" checklist of things he brought when he received a bilateral lung ...

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Researching IPF after her late husband's diagnosis meant learning many new acronyms and abbreviations, says guest writer.

Inhaled lipid nanoparticles loaded with two medicines reduced IPF lung stiffness and fibrosis in mice, outperforming an ...

As an organ recipient, columnist Sam Kirton honors donors and their families each year by decorating holiday trees in the ...

Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is a disease of the respiratory system caused by scarring (fibrosis) in the lungs, which makes it harder for patients to breathe. Based on the underlying cause of the scarring, ...

Pulmonary fibrosis (PF), as its name suggests, is a disease marked by scarring — or fibrosis — of the lungs, leading to shortness of breath. PF is part of a larger group of more than 200 lung ...

Sam Kirton started his column in November 2021 and writes from his home at Lake Anna, Virginia, where he lives with his wife Susan. His diagnosis at age 59 with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in ...

Taking oral dietary supplements of epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) — an antioxidant in green tea — may stop and reverse the pro-fibrotic (scarring) state of the lungs of people with idiopathic ...

PF patients often notice breathlessness when exercising or exerting themselves physically, but as the disease progresses, dyspnea begins to occur even when engaging in simple tasks such as walking, ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently granted orphan drug designation to Calluna Pharma‘s CAL101 as a potential treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). This designation is ...

Kevin is originally a Nebraska native and now lives in Missouri. He was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in 2014. Kevin had a bilateral lung transplant in August 2020. Through his column, ...