Keeping up with a regular exercise routine and a healthy diet can be hard as we get older. Between our career, family commitments, and social obligations, finding time for these habits tends to be challenging. Still, maintaining a healthy weight is important for our overall health, and may even…
I was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in January 2017, at age 59, and received a bilateral lung transplant in July 2021. During a visit last week, my adult daughter Heather asked me a perplexing question: “Is the IPF gone now that you have new lungs?”…
The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) said its two-year-old patient Community Registry achieved a “significant milestone” in its goal to drive more research and discoveries in pulmonary fibrosis (PF) and interstitial lung diseases (ILDs), reaching its 2,000th participant. The registry opened in July 2022 to provide scientists with…
When idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) patients experience a worsening of symptoms, it’s often called an exacerbation. I didn’t know it at the time, but my diagnosis with IPF in January 2017 started me on an educational journey. My vocabulary was going to expand to include new…
In the U.K., patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) who live in economically deprived neighborhoods have worse survival outcomes than those living in more affluent areas, according to a recent study. The study also found that patients who live farther away from specialty care centers tend to have worse…
There’s an Instagram account called “iwastodayyearsold_” (I was today years old) dedicated to sharing unusual discoveries people cannot believe they missed until now. Some of the information is insightful and makes me think, “How could I not have known that?” What if there were a similar resource for…
Pliant Therapeutics’ bexotegrast reversed the signs of lung scarring, while improving lung function and easing cough severity in people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), according to top-line data from a small Phase 2a imaging trial. Using positron emission tomography (PET) scans, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital were able…
Music has always played a significant role in my life. From childhood choir performances to playing the trumpet in school bands, melodies have been a constant source of joy, solace, and self-expression. Despite the challenges posed by my pulmonary fibrosis (PF), music remains a trusty companion, offering a therapeutic…
This has been quite the week. I can sum it up in one word: grief, which must be one of the most unpredictable emotions we experience. When I was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in January 2017, I made a conscious decision to “be positive in all…
LTI-03, an inhaled therapy for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) from Aileron Therapeutics, was able to reduce levels of several proteins known to promote tissue scarring in the first group of patients participating in a Phase 1b trial, data from the trial showed. The trial (NCT05954988) is assessing…
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