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Breathless: Raising Awareness for IPF

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…

#TBT – Remembering John Palmer who Died from Pulmonary Fibrosis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgAId_2G85w In this video from NewsKAYadams, let’s remember John Palmer, a veteran NBC News reporter who passed away due to complications from pulmonary fibrosis.  The 77-year-old former White House correspondent and Today show host died at George Washington Hospital after a brief illness. Palmer was a…

What Are Stem Cells and What Do They Do?

Scientists are constantly looking for new ways to make medicine more personalized. One way they are doing this is by researching stem cells. These researched cells are undifferentiated, which means they don’t have a specific job or function, so because of this they have the potential to become other kinds…

Study Details Economic Impact of Disease Worsening in Newly Diagnosed IPF Patients

More effective treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is needed for reasons as solidly grounded in economics as they are in basic healthcare, a study published in the Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy points out — showing that acute exacerbations and disease-related hospitalizations in lung fibrosis patients are associated with high…

5 Risks of Undergoing Lung Transplants

Having a lung transplant may be an overwhelming experience. Your pulmonary fibrosis care team is there to help you every step of the way, but it is your body that will undergo the actual procedure. It’s of the utmost importance to have an…

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