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 Vanessa Etienne is a Staff Writer for PEOPLE on the Health team. She joined the brand in 2021.

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 ...

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 — Doctors at Northwestern Medicine say medical innovations helped them achieve two medical milestones last year: the largest number of lung transplants in a single year and the shortest median ...

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 ...

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, Ill. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - You’ve heard the saying doctors make the worst patients? Well, one doctor found himself not only a patient, but the first patient in the world to undergo a procedure ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A new lung transplant program at Mayo Clinic in Arizona is bringing renewed hope for patients battling advanced stage lung disease. On Monday, doctors gave one man a second chance ...

Kylie Overfield, the 2-year-old who underwent a successful rare double-lung transplant at Texas Children’s in 2024, has died. Her family says her legacy lives on in two babies.

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 ...