More articles about: Lungs and Breathing
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Experts Say More People Should Get Lung Cancer Screenings, and Sooner
A Rogel Cancer Center lung doctor discusses recommendations that annual screenings start at age 50 for current and former smokers with 20 “pack years”.
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An Inside Look On the Frontlines
Seven nurses taking care of COVID-19 patients reflect on their journey into the medical field and what they want others to know about the pandemic
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Two New Devices Protect Health Care Workers, Help Patients During COVID-19
The coronavirus pandemic is spurning innovation in medical technology as evidenced in two new devices designed to protect patients and providers during treatment for COVID-19.
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Personalized Device Could Support Multiple COVID-19 Patients From Single Ventilator
3D printing fuels U-M efforts to rapidly increase ventilator capacity while providing each patient on vent support with individually tailored gas pressures and pressure monitoring.
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When Ventilators Don’t Help COVID-19 Patients, This Might
A life support system called ECMO has helped ARDS patients in past pandemics and other situations; now critical care teams are trying it in COVID-19 patients.
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Pivoting Critical Care Research to Help with the COVID-19 Pandemic
From a negative pressure helmet to enhanced protocols, researchers at the Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care are adapting their research to focus on the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Repurposed Industrial Respirator Could Free Ventilators for COVID-19 Patients
Researchers have developed a negative pressure helmet for COVID-19 patients, providing more protection for health care workers and reducing strain on other essential medical equipment.
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14 Things to Do If Someone You Live With Has COVID-19
What to do if you have coronavirus, or if you live with someone who has confirmed or suspected COVID-19. Tips for preventing infection while providing COVID care at home.
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How a New Valve Therapy for COPD Helped One Patient Breathe Easier
Janice Bright describes how minimally invasive treatment for advanced COPD improved her quality of life. 
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How Baby Jordan Brought FETO, and Hope, to Midwest
After receiving a rare prenatal diagnosis, one Michigan Medicine surgeon helped a family’s unborn baby get an experimental utero surgery called fetal endoscopic tracheal occlusion (FETO).
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Travel Dreams Come True After Lung Reduction Surgery
After suffering from emphysema for years, a lung volume reduction surgery at Michigan Medicine drastically changed one woman’s quality of life, igniting her love of travel once again.
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'A Therapeutic Gift’: Art Helps 6-Year-Old Cope with Cancer Treatment
While undergoing cancer treatments, six-year-old finds a lifelong talent and gift through painting.
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Young Patients Who Can Never Meet Each Other Unite Through Music
Patients with cystic fibrosis connect through music from the movie “The Greatest Showman”.
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Rare Diagnosis Leads Dad of 3 to Lung Transplant
Lung transplant patient and father of three, Paul DeWyse, went from 15% lung capacity to thriving after transplant surgery.
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Epigenetic Changes to Gene Affect Key Cells Behind Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
A recent epigenetic discovery could inspire new treatments for patients living with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).
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