One patient could only walk 15 to 20 steps before needing to get back on her oxygen, making it difficult to find motivation to engage in daily activities. Another patient struggled with severe ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients who received an endobronchial valve vs. lung volume reduction surgery had significantly heightened odds ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A new treatment option for people with COPD or emphysema could be an alternative to lung surgery and transplant. People with COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, struggle ...

The Zephyr valve is a device that can improve breathing in people with emphysema, one of the two most common types of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The valve received approval by the ...

COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. (WPVI) -- It's been five years since the FDA approved the first valves to treat severe emphysema. And since then, they've turned life around for patients, including a Montgomery ...

Scottsdale, Ariz.-based HonorHealth’s cardiology team is the first in the state to perform transcatheter pulmonary valve therapy using Medtronic’s Harmony technology, Arizona Digital Free Press ...

The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease, or GOLD, is the world’s preeminent COPD research and advocacy organization. Founded in 1997 in collaboration with the U.S. National ...

Researchers from the BioTis laboratory (Inserm/University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France) have developed a pulmonary valve using human collagen. Such a device could revolutionize the treatment of ...