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to Blebinfo Your Complete Pneumothorax guide.
If you've had a collapsed lung or you know someone that's had one, you'll know how frustrating and painful they can be.
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Spontaneous Pneumothorax. And also offer a place for those that have had a collapsed lung to talk to others in the same position.
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| Announcement: Fibulin-5 Protein reduced in the Lung of patients with SP's |
| Posted: Rossoe @ Wed Feb 27, 2013 11:12 am |
An interesting Japanese study from 2012 aiming to clarify whether fibulin-5 is associated with primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) in young PSP patients.
A high incidence of pneumothorax is a relatively common proble...
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| Announcement: Better flying conditions for your lungs - Boeing 787 |
| Posted: Rossoe @ Tue Aug 09, 2011 12:36 pm |
I have kept a keen eye on the aviation industry ever since I experienced my first collapsed lung and subsequent operations - currently the cabin pressure on most commercial airplanes is around 8000ft, Theoretically current...
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| Announcement: Alternative Procedure for the Treatment of S Pneumothorax |
| Posted: Rossoe @ Sat May 07, 2011 8:24 am |
The Endo-Floating Ball 3.0 is a 5-mm endoscopic instrument widely utilized for liver resections. The thermal energy results in heat denaturation of protein in the wall of blebs and bullae, thereby shrinking the same blebs ...
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| Announcement: Rats Breathe With Lab-Grown Lungs |
| Posted: Rossoe @ Fri Jun 25, 2010 8:52 am |
For the first time, an animal has drawn a breath with lungs cultivated in the lab. Although preliminary, the results might eventually lead to replacement lungs for patients.
People whose lungs are failing because of dis...
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| Announcement: Windpipe transplant breakthrough - using stem cells |
| Posted: Rossoe @ Wed Nov 19, 2008 11:47 am |
Surgeons in Spain have carried out the world's first tissue-engineered whole organ transplant - using a windpipe made with the patient's own stem cells.
The groundbreaking technology also means for the first time tissu...
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