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Former UFC fighter gives emotional update after double lung transplant

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The Independent UK

Former MMA fighter Ben Askren ‘died four times’ before life-saving double lung transplant

The former Olympic wrestler and UFC fighter is recovering in hospital

The Independent UK

What Happened to Ben Askren: UFC Fighter 'Died Four Times' Before Life-saving Surgery

Ben Askren reveals he 'died four times' before life-saving double lung transplant after a severe infection led to lung failure and a 45-day coma.

International Business Times UK

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MMA champ facing lung transplant after sudden illness

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The Independent UK

Ben Askren’s wife provides positive update after former UFC star undergoes double lung transplant

The former Bellator champion and UFC star may require a lung transplant, according to his wife Amy

The Independent UK

German woman has no signs of cancer after undergoing a new double-lung transplant surgery

The surgery method could offer new hope for some late-stage cancer patients who are out of other options.

Euronews

Cigna denies life-saving operation to man battling stage 4 cancer

Deron Wells’ family has called the lung transplant operation his ‘last option’

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California Father Battling Lung Cancer Denied Coverage for 'Last Option' Treatment, Family Says

A California man with stage 4 lung cancer was denied insurance coverage for a double lung transplant clinical trial, leaving his family scrambling.

Latin Times

‘I Couldn’t Walk For 3 Minutes, Now I Walk 18 Holes’ - From Life-Saving Double Lung Transplant To Golfing For Team GB

With only months to live, Ana Browne's transplant saved her life - but golf transformed it

Golf Monthly

West Virginia Beauty Queen Saved by Double Lung Transplant, Marries Donor's Brother

A former West Virginia beauty queen married her lung donor's brother five years after her life-saving operation.

Latin Times

27-year-old patient from Andhra Pradesh undergoes lung transplant

Chennai doctors successfully perform lung transplant on patient battling for life after herbicide consumption.

The Hindu

Sir Roy Calne obituary

Pioneering British surgeon who carried out the world’s first liver, heart and lung transplant

The Guardian - UK

Eating these fats can slow down lung fibrosis says research

Is it possible for you to slow down the progression of pulmonary fibrosis, a serious lung condition that may require a lung transplant, by including healthy fats from sources like fish and nuts into your diet? University of Virginia (UVA) pulmonary specialists investigated the relationship between pulmonary fibrosis development and…

The Times of India

Healthy omega-3 fats may slow deadly pulmonary fibrosis: Study

Could the healthy fats found in nuts and fish help to slow the progression of potentially fatal lung scarring known as pulmonary fibrosis and hence postpone the need for lung transplants? Read further on Dynamite News:

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LiveScience

Breast implants saved a man's life during a lung transplant. Here's how.

Doctors at Northwestern Medicine used breast implants and an artificial lung to keep a patient stabilized until his double-lung transplant.

The Hindu

Rare double lung transplant saves 23-year-old patient

The Hindu

Veteran journalist Sachidananda Murthy no more

Veteran journalist K.S. Sachidananda Murthy, 68, who hailed from Karnataka and had a long stint with the Malayala Manorama Group, passed away in Bengaluru on Friday. He was recovering from a recent lung transplant surgery in the city. He is survived by his wife and two sons.

Chicago Sun-Times

Trumpeter marvels at making music again after double lung transplant: ‘It was a pretty special moment’

Dan Spees, 64, picked up his horn for the first time in months and played “Joy to the World” in his Northwestern Memorial Hospital room days after his operation.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Northwestern Medicine surgeons perform rare ‘flipped organ’ double-lung transplants for 2, including county commissioner

Situs inversus is found in just one in 10,000 people, and it’s even rarer for those with it to need lung transplants. Northwestern Medicine doctors performed the surgery twice in a month.

Belfast Live

Tributes paid to North Belfast woman Clare Mahon who died waiting on lung transplant

Clare Mahon had been in intensive care for two months following following a deterioration in her pulmonary fibrosis

Belfast Live

Co Fermanagh man waiting on double lung transplant to take on 24-hour sailing challenge

Marty has suffered from pulmonary fibrosis and a number of other lung-related illnesses since 2016

Glasgow Live

Glasgow teenager 'not responding' to treatment and needs life-changing lung transplant

Danielle Wards has been in and out of hospital since she was three-years-old after a pulmonary hypertension diagnosis. She now needs a transplant as current treatment isn't 'making a difference'

ABC News

Young tradie warns of silica-related illnesses after needing lung transplant

Hak Kim was in his mid-20s when he started noticing changes in his body while working on demolition sites in Sydney.

Belfast Live

More than 1,000 sign petition in support of North Belfast mum in need of lung transplant

Clare Mahon has been in intensive care for the past five weeks following a deterioration in her pulmonary fibrosis

Daily Mirror

Woman cured of deadly cancer after groundbreaking double lung transplant

Tannaz Ameli had a double lung transplant and is now cancer free - a year after the first patient Albert Khoury, received the novel surgery after all other treatments failed

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