Laura Dern honors her mother's legacy. Diane Ladd died after fighting a progressive lung disease.

Laura Dern aims to raise awareness about IPF, an irreversible lung disease that her late mother Diane Ladd was diagnosed with ...

Large genetic study links telomere-related polygenic risk to distinct idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis subgroups, improving disease prediction.

“She never wanted anyone to have to naively be in pain without answers," Dern tells PEOPLE of her mother, who died in ...

Panelists discuss how idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a progressive and often fatal interstitial lung disease, presents significant clinical challenges due to its variable trajectory, limited ...

Patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis-associated chronic cough who received twice-daily oral extended release nalbuphine for 6 weeks had decreases in 24-hour cough frequency, according to data ...

Background Antifibrotic (AF) therapy has been shown to potentially reduce the risk of lung cancer (LC) in patients with ...

ACE inhibitor use was associated with reduced all cause mortality in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in a matched real world ...

Traction bronchiectasis on computed tomography and body mass index were significantly associated with PPF, while radiological and symptomatic progression and older age were significantly associated ...

In this Q&A, Avitzur breaks down the study’s findings and suggests how the information can be used to advance PF research and treatments. This transcript has been lightly edited for clarity. AJMC: ...

Credit: Getty Images. The first step in diagnosing idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is ruling out other known causes of interstitial lung disease. Making an accurate diagnosis of IPF is critical because ...