Because certain IPF and post-transplant medications can cause sun sensitivity, skin protection is crucial, says columnist Sam Kirton.

A Texas researcher received a $219,000 NIH grant to study the potential of a treatment for radiation-induced pulmonary ...

Being diagnosed in January 2017 with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and learning that the disease is chronic, progressive, and incurable was a lot for one day. Of course, I wanted a cure or ...

Over the coming months, the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation's 2025 PFF Walk will aim to raise more than $1 million for the ...

And then there are the procedures: bronchoscopies, pulmonary function tests, imaging scans, and sleep studies. All of these come with side effects, anxieties, and recovery time. Even when a procedure ...

In total, 165 IPF patients with chronic cough were randomly assigned to one of three doses of nalbuphine ER (27, 54, or 108 mg) or a placebo, twice daily. The primary goal was to assess the therapy’s ...

Encouraging members of the community to sign up to be organ donors during Pride Month is an opportunity to reach them at Pride events around the country. Each time anyone signs on to donate, their ...

“Following productive FDA interactions and positive top-line results from the Phase 1b trial, we have designed our RENEW trial to test the promise of our dual mechanism approach to targeting alveolar ...

Most scans sample bone density in the long bones of the arms, the hips, the neck, and the lumbar spine. This time, my doctor has requested three types of DEXA scans: A scan of my appendicular skeleton ...

To find out, a research team led by Victor Thannickal, MD, senior study author and professor of medicine at Tulane, examined gene activity and protein production in lung tissues from IPF patients. The ...

Although there is no cure for IPF, two antifibrotic medications have been approved to treat the condition: Esbriet (pirfenidone) and Ofev (nintedanib), both of which can slow lung function decline.