In this video from Thorax (the youtube channel of Thorax journal), watch Professor Viswanathan (Nati) Natarajan, from the University of Illinois, Chicago, talk about idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a chronic and progressive lung disease for which the prognosis is poor and diagnosis is difficult to conduct. Prof. Viswanathan’s…
Early pulmonary rehabilitation is extremely important to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients. Thorax shared this video in 2014, where Julia Bott, Respiratory Care Team, Surrey PCT, explains the importance of pulmonary rehabilitation and the impact it can have on patients. Learn more about…
In this video from Thorax, shared in late 2014, watch Hilary Pinnock, a respiratory physician from Allergy and Respiratory Research Group, United Kingdom, discuss some facts about the difficulties of diagnosing idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in primary care. Learn more about pulmonary…
The Lung Institute shared this inspirational video, where you can Joseph O’s pulmonary fibrosis story. In the early stages of dealing with the disease, Joseph had to be on oxygen all the time and he had trouble walking without being breathless.  Walking up the…
“This is not a story of death, it’s a story of life”. These are the words Travis Murphy, whose mother died unexpectedly from a brain aneurism, shares with us about his story. After the devastating death of his mom, Travis – along with his family – made the decision…
Meet Aisha Chaudhary. In this video, shared by TEDx Talks in 2014, watch this 17-year-old young lady talk about her life and how she never let herself be sad, always choosing to be happy and living the moment. Aisha was born with an immune deficiency…
Thorax shared this video in 2014, where Lisa Spencer, a respiratory physician from Aintree Chest Centre, Aintree Hospital, Liverpool, discusses some of the possible issues of patient access to specialized idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) centers and also the access to trial participation.
In October 2015 – which was Healthy Lung Month – FOX 4 Now shared this video where you can see FOX 4 Morning Blend news reporter Michelle Cunningham and Dr. Imre Noth, an expert in lung disease, talk about what idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis means,…
City, a TV station from Toronto, Canada, shared this video in September 2015, where you can listen to NBA and Team Canada star, Nik Stauskas talk about idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Since September is IPF Awareness Month, this video was made as…
In this video shared by RBandH (Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, a leading specialist heart and lung centre based in London and Middlesex), you can learn how the Royal Brompton’s “interstitial lung disease unit played a central part in the reclassification of IPF and…
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