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POSTED BY PULMONARY FIBROSIS FOUNDATION ON 6/2/2011
By Patricia Batson, Featured Local Contributor Yahoo! Contributor Network
Throughout our lives, I'm sure every one of us has a memory of a special restaurant, store or club that has great meaning, where the owners have gone above and beyond for their customers, treating them with extra kindness and in some cases, like a member of the family.
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POSTED BY PULMONARY FIBROSIS FOUNDATION ON 2/17/2011
Two Michigan residents received lungs simultaneously, are recovering well from transplant operations that were a milestone for U-M program
Ann Arbor, Mich. – The University of Michigan Transplant Center celebrated a milestone recently, performing its 500th lung transplant. But there’s much more to this story than a number.
U-M surgeons performed both transplant No.
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POSTED BY PULMONARY FIBROSIS FOUNDATION ON 1/5/2011
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POSTED BY PULMONARY FIBROSIS FOUNDATION ON 1/5/2011
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63 - year old Larry Farmer has battled a dry cough for years.
After being misdiagnosed several times, doctors determined he had Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis... which is hardening of the lung tissue.
To control his coughing Farmer chews gum.
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POSTED BY PULMONARY FIBROSIS FOUNDATION ON 12/22/2010
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ON 11/28/2010
November 26, 2010 9:23 PM KSTP.com
By: Leah McLean
Bringing their Fight to Washington
To view the face to face interview; click here
Every year, 40,000 people die from breast cancer.
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POSTED BY PULMONARY FIBROSIS FOUNDATION ON 11/15/2010
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POSTED BY PULMONARY FIBROSIS FOUNDATION ON 10/13/2010
A great segment written by Matt Leach about two brothers, James, 17 and Wesley, 15, who are both suffering from pulmonary fibrosis.
Watch the segment Here
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POSTED BY PULMONARY FIBROSIS FOUNDATION ON 10/12/2010
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POSTED BY PULMONARY FIBROSIS FOUNDATION ON 9/20/2010
Pulmonary fibrosis activist petitioning Congress for research money to study illness
By Jill Callison
DELL RAPIDS - When an ophthalmologist told Deb Lawrence that eyelid surgery would change her life, she didn't realize how prescient that statement was.
Because Lawrence learned the day after surgery that a pre-operative exam had discovered a spot on her lung.
Just days later,
