Elevated pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR), a measure of how difficult it is for blood to move from the heart to the lungs, was associated with a higher risk of poor outcomes in people with pulmonary hypertension (PH) due to left heart disease, a real-world study in Japan shows. The…

Data from smartphones and wearable devices may help with the early detection of idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH), a rare lung disease with no known cause, a study suggests. Using up to eight years of data obtained via the My Heart Counts iOS app, device-derived data helped distinguish…

Growing up with a rare, chronic illness can draw a lot of attention. Specifically, it can raise a lot of questions, especially from other kids. I can’t remember an age when I wasn’t required to explain my health situation to others, particularly my peers. Early on, absences from school would…