Marta Ribeiro,  —

Marta graduated from Universidade Fernando Pessoa in Porto with a degree in Communication Sciences and a Masters degree in New Communication Technologies. She has experience in social media, worked with several media channels, and has also worked as a freelance photographer and a graphic artist for almost 10 years.

Articles by Marta Ribeiro

What is… Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease?

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (or COPD) is a lifelong disease where airflow is blocked from entering your lungs and it’s hard to get enough air into your bloodstream. Many people around the world suffer from COPD and the numbers are increasing every year. With this video shared by …

Organ Donation and Transplantation: How Does it Work?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuKx2a5HkIM Pulmonary fibrosis has no known cure to date, but there are several treatment options available to ease the symptoms, lung transplant being one of them – and also the most efficient type of treatment. But have you ever wondered how the process of organ donation and transplantation happens? In this…

Questions You Should Ask Your Pulmonologist About IPF

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a disease that has no known cause and still no cure available. Receiving a diagnosis of IPF can be difficult, but once you know for sure that you’re suffering from this lung condition there are certain questions you should raise with your doctor. In this video, shared…

Why Do Organ Transplants Fail So Often?

Pulmonary fibrosis has no known cure as yet, but there are several treatment options available to ease the symptoms, lung transplant being one of them – and also the most efficient treatment curently. But sometimes things don’t go quite so well after the organ is transplanted into the patient’s…

Vitamin D Deficiency: Signs and Symptoms

You probably know what Vitamin D is and where and how you can find it. In food, this vitamin is easily found in cheese, butter, fatty fish, and healthy cereals among others. An even more natural way to get more vitamin D is from the sun –  the…

Breathing Exercises for Lung Patients

One of the major symptoms of suffering from a lung disease is difficulty in breathing. Pulmonary fibrosis, COPD and other lung diseases are some of the conditions that may cause patients to have trouble breathing. In this video, shared by physicaltherapyvideo, watch…