Disease course of PF accelerated in Black patients in US, study finds

Black patients with pulmonary fibrosis (PF) are diagnosed around a decade earlier than their white counterparts in the U.S., a new study reports. They also tend to be hospitalized more often and at younger ages compared with white or Hispanic patients, and were significantly younger at time of death,…

Trevi Therapeutics has won approval of its patent application for Haduvio (nalbuphine extended-release tablets), an investigational treatment for chronic cough in people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The notice of allowance approving the application was issued on March 7 by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The future…

Achieving and maintaining a healthy weight, either through losing or sometimes gaining pounds, is an important part of our overall health and can often be accomplished through a nutritious diet and regular physical activity. However, weight maintenance becomes more complicated when you factor in a chronic illness. When I was…

When I was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in January 2017, I became a patient at the Inova Fairfax Hospital’s Advanced Lung Disease and Transplant Center in Virginia. Inova is one of 81 locations included in the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation’s Care Center Network (CCN). One…

Being exposed at work to medium or high levels of asbestos is associated with a near double risk of developing idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) for cigarette smokers, according to a recent U.K. study involving men. The association between asbestos, smoking, and IPF was especially strong in people with a…

Carestream Health and the Open Source Imaging Consortium (OSIC) are collaborating in the OSIC Pulmonary Understanding Study, dubbed Project OPUS — a pilot study to uncover X-ray markers for the early diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Project OPUS will make use of artificial intelligence, or…

Long before learning I had idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), I supported the advocacy efforts of the National Ataxia Foundation (NAF). Like pulmonary fibrosis, some forms of ataxia are rare diseases. One of them, spinocerebellar ataxia type 3, also known as Machado-Joseph disease, took the lives of three…

Individuals with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) who experience unintended weight loss are at significantly higher risks of being admitted to the hospital or dying within one year, a Danish study reported. Specifically, IPF patients with unintended weight loss were found to have a nearly 30 times higher risk of…

Nicole Zuraitis is set to perform “Just Like That,” the 2023 Grammy Awards’ Song of the Year, at the 13th edition of “Broadway Belts for PFF!” — a glam affair that’s become the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation’s single-largest annual fundraiser — on March 6. Written by Bonnie Raitt, the song…

As Rare Disease Day approaches on Feb. 28, I’m trying to narrow the focus of my advocacy efforts. I never imagined I’d become an advocate and grow to love so many people living with rare diseases. But that all changed in April 2016, when I was diagnosed with idiopathic…