MANHATTAN, New York (WABC) -- A medical breakthrough took place in New York City, after a patient received the first robotic double lung transplant in the world. As a self-proclaimed adrenaline junkie ...

"My breathing has improved 100%,” Cheryl Mehrkar tells PEOPLE following the groundbreaking procedure Photo by NYU Langone Health Surgeons in New York have become the first in the world to complete a ...

A team of four surgeons in the Duke Lung Transplant Program successfully performed a robotic bilateral lung transplant June 30, making Duke the first medical institution in the Southeast and the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The medical world is celebrating two innovative technologies Northwestern Medicine is using to help give patients a new chance at life, called "lungs in the fridge" and "lungs in a ...

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Doug Akagi, celebrating 12 years since his life-saving double lung transplant. When Doug Akagi was just 31 years old, he started to notice some troubling symptoms. He couldn’t seem to catch his breath ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Northwestern Medicine is celebrating a milestone after performing a record number of lung transplants using new technology known as "lungs in a box." The procedure allows surgeons to ...

Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) is a treatment for end-stage lung disease caused by emphysema. Emphysema is a type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that causes shortness of breath ...

Chinese scientists have performed the first pig-to-human lung transplant ever, with the organ remaining functional for over a week after surgery. “Here, we report a case of pig-to-human lung ...

More than 50% of lung-transplant recipients experience a rejection of their new lung within five years of receiving it, yet ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --A University of Chicago police captain with two new lungs is sharing his story for National Police Week. Capt. Arthur Gillespie was the first patient at Northwestern Medicine to have a ...

New research from UCLA Health reveals that women continue to face barriers in accessing lung transplants compared to men, ...