Post-COVID pulmonary fibrosis, which involves scarring of the lungs that can worsen over time and may require a lung ...

Not all scars are created equal. That’s the conclusion of a new study by Weizmann Institute of Science researchers: They found that two distinct types of scars, referred to as “hot” and “cold,” can ...

Sky's Ashish Joshi first met Mark when he was fighting for his life in the intensive care unit of Warrington Hospital in October 2020. It was when a second wave of COVID started to take hold of the ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Fu Pin-kuei (傅彬貴), a doctor at Taichung Veterans General Hospital, said on Tuesday that a chronic cough lasting more than eight weeks could signal pulmonary fibrosis, or lung ...

Scientists have pinpointed proteins in immune cells that, when blocked, could significantly reduce lung tissue scarring. Current treatments primarily manage symptoms and improving quality of life, ...

In this article (Part II of II), the focus is on scarring alopecias (dissecting folliculitis, folliculitis decalvans, lichen planopilaris, lupus erythematosus) in regard to pathogenesis ...