https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLupXGkga5g I Am News, a local community news project from Swansea, UK, shared this video where you can meet Margaret Barnard. Margaret is a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patient, a member of the British Lung Foundation and Breathe Easy Group. In this video, she shares a little…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8tTAQBbSeg Meet Heather Cronin. Heather is an idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patient who faced a huge turn in her life when she was first diagnosed. In this video, shared by University of Maryland Medical Center, Heather talks about how IPF has affected her life, at the same time as Dr.
Demystifying Medicine, a youtube channel which is part of the McMaster University, shared this video in 2015, where you can watch Robert Davidson, the Canadian Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation founder, talk about his idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis diagnosis and why he decided to create the foundation in…
Pulmonary fibrosis can sometimes be related to several other diseases, scleroderma being one of them. In this animated video, shared by Demystifying Medicine, a youtube channel which is part of the McMaster University, learn some useful information about pulmonary fibrosis associated with scleroderma such as potential mechanisms,…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31Ew1ogQqpE In this video shared in 2011, by Sit and Be Fit, learn how to perform breathing exercises that may improve your lung function and help people who live with pulmonary diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pulmonary fibrosis, among others. This workout will be…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM8W2dAxZj4 You’ve probably already heard about Joe Nichols. The award-winning country singer and songwriter who is out there joining every effort to spread the word about idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis – a fatal and under-recognized medical condition that causes permanent scarring of the lungs, making it increasingly difficult to breathe. Nichols decided to…
You probably know what Vitamin D is, where and how you can find it. For example, in food vitamin D is easily found in cheese, butter, fatty fish, healthy cereals, among others; you can also buy some supplements which will provide you with the vitamin D you need.
In 2014, Mark, a 44-year-old father of two young children, saw his life slowly declining after being diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Pulmonary Fibrosis is his youtube channel, which he uses to share some of his experiences while living with IPF, at the same time he…
The Lung Institute is a specialized institute that focuses on offering therapies which help patients suffering from lung problems like COPD and pulmonary fibrosis. They are now celebrating their 3rd anniversary of treating and changing the lives of over 2,000 patients with their stem cell therapy…
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a degenerative lung disease affecting the lives of thousands of people. It causes the scarring of the lungs, making it difficult to breathe, among other symptoms. The cause of it is still unknown and there isn’t much information about the disease. Usually, patients suffering from…
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