With this video from WWCIH Charity learn more about how a pulmonary function (breathing) test works, what its function is, and how your children can benefit from this test. This is a great video to show your children to help them understand what will…
There is currently no cure for pulmonary fibrosis and patients often face a prognosis of three to five years after diagnosis. However, medication and other treatment options can help improve patients’ quality of life. But as the disease evolves, there are some complications that…
The Canadian Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation shared this video in 2015, where they show you some exercises that can help pulmonary fibrosis patients to improve their health and gain more muscle and respiratory strength. Watch the video to learn more about how you can…
Clinical trials are needed for medical treatments to be approved by government organizations, such as the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Without clinical trials, doctors and other prescribing healthcare providers (such as nurse practitioners or physician’s assistants) cannot prescribe medications or recommend other medical treatments. If…
In this video from the Wall Street Journal, watch Wall Street Journal Reporter Tanya Rivero from “Lunch Break With Tanya Rivero”, interview Laura Landro, WSJ Asst. Managing Editor. In this video, they talk about how idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a rare lung disease, is…
Clinical trials are well-designed studies that collect information about new treatments for diseases and disorders. Most of the time, this means medications, but clinical trials can also test other things, such as stem cell therapies, surgical techniques, tests for diagnosis, medical devices, and more. There…
Pulmonary fibrosis is a really difficult disease to diagnose. To ensure you get an accurate diagnosis and to determine the type of PF you have, doctors from a variety of specialties, including pulmonologists (respirologists), radiologists, rheumatologists, and pathologists have to work together. To learn more about…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azsl8oa76Vs Boehringer Ingelheim shared this video where they show you how hard it is to live with IPF. Pulmonary fibrosis patients feel like they have to put their lives on hold, all the time. Making pit stops to get their breath again and not…
This video from Boehringer Ingelheim Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis shows how it is to live with IPF, how every single breath counts for the patients living with this disease. As read in the video description, for these patients, “it’s not about the number of breaths…
Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is a respiratory disease characterized by the presence of scarred tissue in the lungs. “It can be challenging to figure out what caused your pulmonary fibrosis. Sometimes doctors are able to identify one or more causes of your disease, but it is also common…
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