Northwestern Medicine has broken a record for the number of lung transplants, thanks to new technology to widen the donor pool and shorten patient wait times.

As BMI is increasingly recognized as an imperfect way to measure health, UVA researchers share other metrics they rely upon.

Doctors at Northwestern Medicine say medical innovations helped them achieve two medical milestones last year: the largest ...

Lung perfusion, or "lungs in a box," allows surgeons to repair damaged donor lungs, while lung refrigeration, or "lungs in a fridge," preserves the lungs for a longer period of time than standard ...

Last year, surgeons performed 148 lung transplants, the most in a single year since Northwestern's lung transplant program ...

We break down the history behind BMI and how body fat percentage relates to your health. Read more to get a better ...

New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health ...

Education was demonstrated to be a potentially significant factor explaining racial/ethnic differences in early pregnancy ...

a marker of health”, said Dr Adam Collins, an associate professor of nutrition at the University of Surrey who was not involved in the work. BMI is more useful on a population level rather ...

Under recommendations released Tuesday night, obesity would no longer be defined solely by BMI, a calculation of height ... a nutrition expert at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.