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 ...

Clinical trials are an important part of IPF research, says columnist Sam Kirton, but we need people willing to participate in them.

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

I previously had this type of experience twice following a bronchoscopy, so I knew what to expect as it began that afternoon. But this episode, which continued for about 24 hours, set a new benchmark ...

No description.Sam Kirton started his column in November 2021 and writes from his home at Lake Anna, Virginia, where he lives with his wife Susan. His diagnosis at age 59 with idiopathic pulmonary ...

In a previous column, I wrote about the challenges of losing weight, and that struggle only added to my unease when I had to transfer from the patient bed to the procedure table. The table was so thin ...