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 ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) - Marie Weiss is the first patient at IU Health to undergo an endobronchial valve procedure. Only recently approved by the FDA, she says it's been life-changing. Weiss was ...

Providence Holy Cross Medical Center is the first Providence hospital in the San Fernando Valley to offer a minimally ...

A procedure used by doctors at Atrium Medical Center is letting people with severe COPD and emphysema do things they had to quit because of breathing issues — things like cleaning their house, or ...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pulmonx Corporation, a leader in therapeutic pulmonary device technologies, announced today that the 2020 update from the Global Initiative for Chronic ...

Symptoms of dyspnea in a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which were caused by pulmonary hyperinflation, were improved by endobronchial valve treatment. Endobronchial valve ...

TEXARKANA, Texas -- A relatively new surgery is giving COPD and emphysema sufferers hope for better quality of life. Zephyr Endobronchial Valve treatment blocks areas of the lung that have been ...

Marjorie Cowee, 78, of Mount Vernon was the first patient to undergo a revolutionary and minimally invasive procedure designed to help emphysema sufferers in 2019 at St. Joseph hospital in Bellingham.

Approval of First Minimally Invasive Treatment Option in Japan that Helps Patients with Advanced Disease Breathe Easier and Have a Better Quality of Life Over 600,000 Japanese patients suffer from ...

AURORA, Colo. (CBS4)- A woman with emphysema, who has struggled to breathe for years, is amazed at how much better she feels. She credits three tiny valves placed in her damaged lung through her mouth ...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pulmonx Corporation, a leader in therapeutic pulmonary device technologies, announced today that UnitedHealthcare®, the largest commercial insurer in the United ...

Oct. 26—A procedure used by doctors at Atrium Medical Center is letting people with severe COPD and emphysema do things they had to quit because of breathing issues — things like cleaning their house, ...