Lung Institute Plans Initiative to Decrease Number of COPD Patients with Depression

To shine a light on the link between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and depression, the Lung Institute is starting an initiative to help combat depression in COPD patients. It will kick off on World Health Day, April 7. The initiative will seek to decrease the prevalence of depression…

COPD Improves with Stem Cell Therapy

Four Lung Institute facilities in Tampa, Scottsdale, Nashville and Pittsburg, treat restrictive and obstructive lung diseases using stem cells from the patient’s own body. Gary V., a patient, has seen his quality of life improve since he receive stem cell therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). For Gary, “improvement” is…

Stem Cell Therapy as COPD Treatment Seen to Offer Benefits

Researchers at the Lung Institute detailed the benefits of autologous stem cell therapy in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), through an analysis of the treatment’s effects in one of the largest cohorts of these patients. The white paper, authored by Dr. Jack Coleman Jr., MD, was titled “Autologous Stem…