Tag: Lung
Hugo, 6, is waiting for a lung transplant – living with a 25 meter long tube
Hugo Vendin has assistants from home health care who help him around the clock with everything from tube feeding to watching over him at night. Hugo’s parents work in shifts…
Lung cancer: for the first time, women more affected than men in the United Kingdom
News Published on 06/07/2023 at 3:49 p.m. Updated 06/07/2023 at 3:49 p.m. Reading 3 mins. This is a first, and it is not encouraging. In the UK, the number of…
Lung cancer in women: a worrying increase
In around thirty years, the number of new cases of cancer has almost doubled in mainland France, a more marked increase among women due in particular to an increase in…
Interstitial lung syndrome: is it serious?
Interstitial lung syndrome or diffuse interstitial lung disease (PID) affects the interstitial tissue of the lung, the main symptoms of which are shortness of breath and cough. It’s what ?…
Lung cancer: screening organized by the Foch hospital from June 15
News Published on 06/13/2023 at 5:58 p.m. Updated 06/13/2023 at 5:58 p.m. Reading 2 mins. The leading cause of cancer death in men, lung cancer does not yet benefit from…
Lung, brain, breast… The latest advances in the fight against cancer
News Published on 06/13/2023 at 10:11 a.m. Updated 06/13/2023 at 10:11 a.m. Reading 3 mins. A key event for researchers and oncologists from around the world, the annual meeting of…
Drug halves risk of dying from lung cancer
The daily intake of a drug, already marketed in France, would be able to reduce by 51% the risk of death of a patient suffering from a type of lung…
Lung cancer: osimertinib halves the risk of death
News Published on 06/05/2023 at 12:27 p.m. Updated 06/05/2023 at 12:27 p.m. Reading 3 mins. Already licensed in many countries, osimertinib has been shown to halve the risk of death…
Lung cancer: AstraZeneca’s “new therapeutic weapon” that could save lives
One tablet reduces, according to the latest clinical tests, the risk of death from a certain type of lung cancer by half, after the tumor has been removed by operation.…
It does 50 times more damage than a cigarette! causes lung cancer
The harmful chemicals in cigarettes directly affect health. Even non-smokers can suffer from various diseases by being exposed to cigarette smoke. Stating that carcinogenic substances in cigarettes are more in…