*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. One in four children in the U.S. who need lung transplants is on the waiting list at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, one of the ...
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HOUSTON - A 4-month-old infant from Virginia is fighting against the odds and battling a rare disease. Her parents are waiting for a miracle donor, so she can have a double lung transplant at Texas ...
Children's lung development in urban Los Angeles has markedly improved due to better air quality, according to a decades-long study released Wednesday. While previous groups of kids tested were found ...
Cameron Witsman may not seem like a typical 13-year-old boy. He'd rather be outdoors riding his bicycle, going on a hike or playing basketball than glued to a phone or playing video games. That ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio — When a healthy teenager was diagnosed with the flu, she never imagined it would lead to a year-long fight for her life and the need for a double lung transplant. For most children and ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children who are breast fed for at least 4 months may have better lung function than children who are breast fed for shorter periods of time and children who are bottle fed ...
Worrying lung abnormalities have been detected in youngsters with long COVID. An advanced type of MRI scan uncovered "significant" problems - including reduced blood flow - in the lungs of children ...
Diagnosed with pulmonary arterial hypertension at age 9, his heart and lungs were failing, and a heart-lung transplant seemed to be his only real hope for survival. Oswaldo was referred to doctors at ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - "Healthy" children of smokers may not show any signs of breathing difficulties, but they may still be experiencing reduced lung function -- which could progressively worsen ...
Mar. 23 -- FRIDAY, Nov. 30 (HealthDay News) -- The common pain reliever and anti-inflammatory ibuprofen significantly slows the decline in lung function seen in children with cystic fibrosis, U.S.