LAM lung disease (lymphangioleiomyomatosis) is a rare lung disease that tends to affect women of childbearing age. In LAM lung disease, muscle cells that line the lungs' airways and blood vessels ...

Sarah Poitras was 30 when doctors told her she had LAM and an uncertain future. June 3, 2011— -- Sarah Poitras was 28 when she first noticed being short of breath as she climbed her six-flight ...

Newly published studies provide clues into the treatment and diagnosis of LAM, or lymphangioleiomyomatosis, a progressive and deadly lung disease that affects women in their childbearing years. There ...

Lynnette Weese poses while holding up an x-ray showing her partially collapsed lung at her home in Washington Terrace on Tuesday, May 24, 2016. Lynnette was diagnosed with Lymphangioleiomyomatosis ...

In December of 20013, my daughter, Laura Bowers, was diagnosed with LAM disease (lymphangioleiomyomatosis). It is a rare lung disease that tends to affect women of childbearing age -- muscle and blood ...

HealthDay News — Evidence-based guidelines have been developed for the diagnosis and treatment of lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM). The clinical practice guidelines were published online September 15 in ...

KALAMAZOO — A diagnosis of LAM — or lymphangioleiomyomatosis — has occurred fewer than 1,000 times in the United States. In fact, in the U.S., there are only 986 confirmed cases of this rare disease, ...

New clinical practice guidelines have now been published for the diagnosis and management of lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), a rare lung disease that primarily affects women of child-bearing age. The ...

Researchers have identified a rare deadly lung disease, which targets only young women. It is believed to be triggered during pregnancy and progresses rapidly thereafter Researchers have identified a ...