Throughout 2015, Pulmonary Fibrosis News reported on studies in the field of pulmonary fibrosis care, treatment and disease management, as well as on events related to the condition. As the year comes to an end, here are the 10 articles most widely read by Pulmonary Fibrosis News readers, patients, caregivers and their…
Top 10 Pulmonary Fibrosis Articles of 2015
Daughters of PF Program Under PFF’s Wings
The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) recently announced it has acquired the Daughters of Pulmonary Fibrosis program from the Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis (CPF), a 501c(3) nonprofit organization based in California that serves the pulmonary fibrosis (PF) community. By assuming the administration of the Daughters of PF…
15 Classic Christmas Songs
Dean Martin – Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI8jeWjZSAg Eartha Kitt – Santa Baby Queen – Thank God It’s Christmas Bing Crosby – White Christmas Frank Sinatra – Santa Claus…
Happy Holidays!
May the New Year bring you strength and hope! Happy Holidays! Read the latest news on Pulmonary Fibrosis: https://bit.ly/1lfMsiZ …
13 Christmas Movies
1. Elf 2. How the Grinch Stole Christmas 3. It’s a Wonderful Life 4. Home Alone 5. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation 6. A Charlie Brown Christmas…
10 Modern Christmas Songs
Band Aid 30 – Do They Know It’s Christmas? Michael Bublé – It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas Mariah Carey feat. Michael Bublé – All I Want For Christmas Is You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFvRf8PfpKw…
IPF Patients Benefit from Pirfenidone Treatment
An analysis of pooled data from three Phase 3 clinical trials in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) patients shows that treatment with pirfenidone for one year significantly reduced disease progression. The study, titled “Pirfenidone for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: analysis of pooled data from three multinational…
Rose McGowan Talks About Her Father’s PF
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrFFDg04PCk Rose McGowan and her father were best friends. A few years ago he started to experience shortness of breath, a dry cough and swelling on his fingers; he had several misdiagnoses until he finally got the news that he was suffering from pulmonary fibrosis. Rose is now an ambassador for Coalition…
In this video from MUSC Health, shared in 2013, meet Jimi Beauston, a patients diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in 2011. Watch the video to know more about his story and how a lung transplant changed his life. Learn more about Lung Transplant…
Lebrikizumab for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Lebrikizumab is an experimental drug aimed at treating inflammatory and fibrotic diseases. Owing to its immunosuppressive potential, it has been tested against diseases like asthma and refractory Hodgkin’s Lymphoma with successful results. Currently, the company is also pursuing studies to test its use in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Lebrikizumab was first…
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