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The nation's largest medical group has just recognized obesity as a disease. Previously the American Medical Association called it a public health problem.

The 10-year-old Delaware County girl who underwent a double lung transplant one week ago has taken a big step toward recovery according to a message posted on Facebook by her mother.

Better management of diabetes could dramatically improve outcomes for lung transplant patients, with new research showing that those without diabetes lived twice as long as transplant recipients with the disease.

A Pennsylvania family's legal fight to get a lung transplant for Sarah Murnaghan, a 10-year-old with cystic fibrosis, ultimately proved successful.

Saving this little girl's life was a miracle of science-and an act of defiance against an efficiency-obssessed healthcare policy.

What: Donating hair to Locks of Love and selling 'Recipes for Life' cookbooks to help raise money for transplant-related expenses for Orlan Holmes When: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday Where: A Cut Above Hair Salon, 4514 Parnell Ave. Contact : 483-7904 The 'Recipes for Life' cookbook will be sold to raise money for ... (more)

APT Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a drug development company, based in the US. The company is involved in pulmonary delivery treatments for lung diseases.

From the Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery , Clinic for Cardiology, Pneumology, and Angiology , Heinrich-Heine University of DA1 4sseldorf, DA1 4sseldorf, Germany; Cameron Health Inc, San Clemente, CA ; and City University, London, United Kingdom .

More than 1,600 people in the U.S. are currently on the waiting list for a lung transplant.

A mosquito-borne disease that preys on the young and malnourished is sweeping across poverty-riven northern India again this monsoon season, with officials worried it could be the deadliest outbreak in nearly a... A mosquito-borne disease that preys on the young and malnourished is sweeping across poverty-riven northern India again this monsoon ... (more)

Americans spend $34 billion a year on vitamins, supplements and alternative therapies.

Lung transplant surgeons at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix have performed Arizona's first "breathing" lung transplantation.

Angel Boston loves YouTube, dancing and playing with her little sister, Isabella.

Focus on Sarah Murnaghan, a 10-year-old Pennsylvania lung transplant patient, has highlighted the shortage of donor organs in the U.S. Now, a new study suggests that Facebook and other social media sites might help.

A week ago Sarah cheered at the prospect of getting another chance at life. Now her family is waiting for her to take her first breath with her new donor lungs.

By the time 10-year-old Sarah Murnaghan finally got a lung transplant last week, she'd been waiting for months, and her parents had sued to give her a better shot at surgery.

New research finds the amount of red meat in your diet could increase your risk of Type 2 diabetes.

For four years, "death panels" has been the GOP's killer lie in the debate over the Affordable Care Act.

More than 1,600 people in the United States are currently on the waiting list for a lung transplant.

A court hearing over organ donor matches involving children is on hold after the 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl at the center of the lawsuit received a lung transplant.