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6 Lifestyle Changes Important to Pulmonary Fibrosis

Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is a respiratory disease characterized by the presence of scarred tissue in the lungs. The disease starts to cause thickening and stiffening of the tissue, which ends up turning into fibrosis and causing difficulties for the lungs to properly transport the oxygen into…

Last Week’s Hot Topic on Pulmonary Fibrosis

Last week’s hot topic on pulmonary fibrosis was Experimental Pulmonary Fibrosis Therapy, GR-MD-02, Granted U.S. Patent Allowance and was written by Carolina Henriques. This article is focused on Galectin Therapeutics, Inc‘s, announcement that it has received a Notice of Allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office…

Mechanism to Ease Lung Infection

Researchers reported a novel role for a receptor at the surface of macrophages (specialized cells of the immune system) in lung fibrosis resolution. The study, titled “TRPV4 Mechanosensitive Ion Channel Regulates LPS-Stimulated Macrophage Phagocytosis,” was published in the Journal of Immunology. Altogether, the results…

What is COPD?

In this short video, watch “simple animation explaining what COPD is, how it is caused, the main symptoms and treatments, and the lifestyle changes that can make a big difference. We hope this video will be useful to you and those around you.” Learn more about pulmonary fibrosis…

How Can I adapt My lifestyle if I’m Living with IPF?

In this video from Boehringer Ingelheim Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, watch Dr. Toby Maher give “some positive advice on how patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) should adapt their lifestyle and better cope with this disease.” Learn more about idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF): http://bit.ly/1QiRmr3…

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