I was up and walking less than 48 hours after lung cancer surgery
Carole Smart, 54, from Yorkshire owes her life to screening. Except it wasn’t lung cancer screening that saved Carole’s life. It was bowel ...
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The chaotic beginnings of the tool that made heart surgery possible
Procedures like these are possible because medical teams can stop a patient's heart, pump their blood with a machine during surgery ... lung machine. "The machine is not a cure-all for all heart ...
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Kil's Inspiring Double Lung Transplant Story
Kil's inspiring journey highlights the power of organ donation and the exceptional care provided by University of Utah Health. After being diagnosed with Interstitial Lung Disease, Kil faced a ...
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From Event Planner to Lung Cancer Advocate: How Terri Ann DiJulio Found Her Calling
A three time lung cancer survivor, Terri Ann DiJulio founder her calling: advocating for lung cancer awareness and prevention ...
‘Doctors dismissed my 7-month cough as a chest infection but it was actually lung cancer’
A non-smoker whose cough was dismissed by doctors as a chest infection was “shocked” to discover he actually had a deadly disease. Dave Marcus, 57, was prescribed antibiotics until a specialist ...
I’ve never smoked but my persistent cough turned out to be lung cancer
Dave had seen the adverts about how a persistent cough could be a sign of lung cancer. As someone who had never smoked, however, he presumed it didn’t apply to him, but that assumption almost cost him ...