Good Times, Bad Times: The Rolling Stones & the rise of stem cells for COPD treatment n the early 60s, America was given its first taste breathing and improving quality of life. This is of the British Invasion. It was February 9th and revolutionary for those who once felt they were a young British rock band named The Beatles had out of options. just finished a performance on the Ed Sullivan show In operation for over three years, the Lung to a crowd of screaming fans. The young men were Institute currently specializes in this form of a spectacle to see. Dressed to the nines in tailored treatment and has effectively increased the suits, pristine haircuts and performing their dance quality of life of over 3000 patients and is proud moves with a boyish pep, The Beatles represented the to exhibit a success rate of 83%. Believing in the essence of true gentlemen. tenet of “pushing the status quo” clinics like the While women in the audience fainted, and girls Lung Institute work to provide hope to a group at home swooned, a storm was brewing back home that may have otherwise given up. in England. This storm was a band that would be Lung disease can be a difficult disease to considered the true “bad boys” of Rock & Roll as well live with, challenging the very idea of regaining as the “World’s Greatest Rock & Roll Band.” Its name one’s previous quality of life. Whether developed Much like how The Rolling Stones changed the music world, was The Rolling Stones. through smoking, hazardous air quality or stem cell therapy is shaking up lung disease as we know it. In an entrance that rivals even The Rolling Stones, genetics, a diagnosis of lung disease can seem the advancement of stem cell therapy—particularly by clinics such as The nothing short of unfair. However, in the words of the immortal Mick Jagger, “You Lung Institute (lunginstitute.com)—and its use in the treatment of chronic lung can’t always get what you want. But if you try sometimes, you just might find, diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), interstitial lung you get what you need.” Hope has arrived. disease (ILD) and pulmonary fibrosis, has upset the previous norm of traditional treatment options and the field of medicine at large. Working to address disease progression directly, stem cell therapy removes The Lung Institute -If you or a loved one suffer from a chronic lung disease, the the naturally occurring stem cells from the body’s blood or bone marrow and specialists at the Lung Institute may be able to help. You can contact the Lung reintroduces them into the lungs, where they come to rest, potentially promoting Institute at (855) 313-1150 or visit lunginstitute.com/lifestyles to find out if you healing and reducing inflammation from within, with the ultimate goal of easing qualify for these new treatments.
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