Amanda Caruso, lung transplant recipient with TikTok following, dies

Amanda Caruso, lung transplant recipient with TikTok following, dies

In recent years, concerns about lung function led Caruso to make “her thoughtful and courageous decision”…

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Inflammation Linked to Life-Threatening Lung Malformations in Infants

Inflammation Linked to Life-Threatening Lung Malformations in Infants

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) has long posed a formidable challenge in pediatric medicine, representing one of…

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Carbon Dioxide May Drive Lung Damage in COPD

Carbon Dioxide May Drive Lung Damage in COPD

A new Northwestern Medicine study is challenging long-held assumptions about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according…

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Inflammatory cells drive lung underdevelopment in congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Inflammatory cells drive lung underdevelopment in congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a dangerous malformation of the lungs and diaphragm that causes almost…

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Machine learning model helps predict urgent care visits for lung cancer patients

Machine learning model helps predict urgent care visits for lung cancer patients

Bayesian network models predict urgent care visits in patients with non–small cell lung cancer receiving systemic…

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‘I kept asking: “Why? What did I do?”’ How come so many young, fit, non-smoking women are getting lung cancer? | Lung cancer

‘I kept asking: “Why? What did I do?”’ How come so many young, fit, non-smoking women are getting lung cancer? | Lung cancer

Towards the end of 2019, Becca Smith’s life was full and hectic. At 28, she had…

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