Evaluating quality of life (QOL) in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) goes beyond lung function numbers. It also shows how treatments affect daily well-being and guides funding, ...

Even a disease as deadly as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) can start out as just a cough. But as the condition progresses, a person might experience up to 500 respiratory spasms per day.

ACE inhibitors may reduce all-cause mortality in IPF patients, suggesting potential repurposing for this progressive disease. The study used electronic health records from 3579 IPF patients, matched ...

Human lung tissue analyses identify iNKT cell depletion as a mechanistic feature of advanced IPFFindings extend MiNK’s iNKT platform into chronic ...

“She never wanted anyone to have to naively be in pain without answers," Dern tells PEOPLE of her mother, who died in November 2025 Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working ...

Tu, H. and Huang, Y.Y. (2026) Progress in Quantitative Imaging Assessment of Dermatomyositis-Associated Interstitial Lung ...

Every person with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis experiences it differently, making each patient's journey unique, says columnist Sam Kirton.

Fatigue can have a significant impact on quality of life, and it generally stems from several factors including difficulty breathing, disrupted sleep, anxiety and depression, and medications used to ...

UCLA researchers have developed a lipid nanoparticle-based gene-editing approach capable of inserting an entire healthy gene into human airway cells, restoring key biological function in a laboratory ...

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common inherited metabolic disease in Europe. More than 8,000 people in Germany are affected ...