Woman Dies After Receiving Smoker’s Lungs in Transplant
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Jennifer Wederell, a 27-year-old British woman with cystic fibrosis, died of lung cancer after she received the lungs of a heavy smoker in an organ transplant.According to BBC News, Wederell had been on the waiting…
Nelson Mandela’s Lung Infection Could Be Pneumonia
WALTER DHLADHLA/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Nelson Mandela is being treated for a lung infection, a term often used synonymously with pneumonia.Elderly people are at an increased risk for infections in general — more so if the person has many chroni…
Study: Kids with Healthy Hearts and Lungs Get Better Grades?
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(ORLANDO, Fla.) — It’s August already and as summer vacation winds down toward the new school term, a new study reveals the link between good grades and good health. Students with healthy hearts and lungs fare better in math and …
Internal Organs Reportedly Found on Los Angeles Sidewalk
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) — An investigation is trying to determine whether what appear to be internal organs found on a Los Angeles County sidewalk are actually lungs and where they came from.The discovery was made on the sidewalk at 8:30 p…
Smokers Lungs Offer Survival Advantage
Stockbyte/Thinkstock(LONDON) — Patients who underwent lung transplants lived an additional three years compared with patients who never received donor organs, even if the lungs they received came from people who had previously smoked, according to a n…
Delayed Drowning: Man Dies Hours After Pulling Himself from Water
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A 60-year-old man fell into New York’s Long Island Sound, pulled himself out, and then died several hours later, apparently of drowning. Emergency doctors Tuesday called it a case of secondary drowning, s…
Bride Races Against Cystic Fibrosis to Get to the Altar
Stockbyte/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Doctors said Kirstie Mills Tancock may not make it to the alter without a new set of lungs.The 21-year-old from Devon in the United Kingdom has cystic fibrosis, and just days before her dream wedding last year, her lun…
Why So Many Vocal Cord Surgeries for Award-Winning Singers?
Kevin Mazur/WireImage(LOS ANGELES) — For some of today’s most powerful young singers, vocal cord issues have them “rolling in the deep.”The health of singing sensation Adele’s raspy voice, which propelled her into superstardom and has made her a favor…