Pulmonary Hypertension Symptoms, Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment

August 22, 2017August 22, 2017
Estrogen Inhibitors Can Prevent and Treat PAH in Mice, Vanderbilt Study Finds
News, PAH News
Estrogen inhibitors may treat pulmonary vascular disease by correcting metabolic defects in women with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), say ... Read more
August 21, 2017August 21, 2017
Lab Study Shows Positive Effects of Adcirca in Treatment of PAH
News, PAH News
Adcirca (tadalafil) exerts a variety of positive effects that may explain why the therapy improves idiopathic pulmonary ... Read more
August 18, 2017August 17, 2017
Replacing Feelings of Defeat with Feeling Grateful
Columns, Recharged and Rewired - a Column by Brittany Foster
It’s the feeling of dizziness. It’s the fatigue that seems to come out of nowhere, the inability to concentrate ... Read more
August 18, 2017August 18, 2017
Sprycel-induced PAH Seen to Persist for Years in Sizable Number of Leukemia Patients in Study
News, PAH News
A treatment given people with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) — Sprycel (dasatinib) — is known to cause pulmonary ... Read more
August 17, 2017August 17, 2017
Phaware Podcast: Richard N. Channick, MD, Part 1
Aware That I'm Rare - a Podcast Series by phaware, Columns
This podcast series, created and produced by phaware, is being offered as a regular guest feature on Pulmonary Hypertension ... Read more
August 17, 2017August 17, 2017
Representation and the Need for More PHighters on Screen
Columns, PHighting Words - a Column by Mike Naple
I didn’t know what pulmonary hypertension was before my diagnosis. When I would tell friends and family about the ... Read more
August 16, 2017August 16, 2017
Phaware Podcast: Liz Klings, MD
Aware That I'm Rare - a Podcast Series by phaware, Columns
This podcast series, created and produced by phaware, is being offered as a regular guest feature on Pulmonary Hypertension ... Read more
August 16, 2017August 16, 2017
Finding PH Community in Waiting Rooms
Columns, Life After PH – A Column By Kathleen Sheffer
When my alarm goes off at 9 a.m. in the clinic and I pull out my bright green pill ... Read more
August 16, 2017August 16, 2017
Reviva’s RP5063 Prevented Rats from Developing Pulmonary Hypertension, Study Reports
News, PAH News
Reviva Pharmaceuticals‘ RP5063 prevented rats from developing pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), according to a Canadian study. In addition to precluding ... Read more
August 15, 2017August 15, 2017
Bellerophon Updates Pulsed, Inhaled Nitric Oxide Clinical Trials for PH, Related Disorders
News
Bellerophon Therapeutics has updated clinical trials testing its investigative INOpulse system for several forms of pulmonary hypertension (PH). The update is part ... Read more
August 14, 2017August 14, 2017
Tracking Long-term Changes in PAH Patients’ Heart Conditions Could Help Reduce Deaths, Study Suggests
News, PAH News
Tracking long-term changes in measurements associated with pulmonary hypertension patients’ death from heart disease can help doctors do a ... Read more
August 11, 2017August 10, 2017
The Heartbreak of Saying Goodbye to My Career
Columns, Recharged and Rewired - a Column by Brittany Foster
Preparing for a new school year looks a lot like countless trips to Target, staying up all hours of ... Read more

August 22, 2017August 22, 2017

Estrogen Inhibitors Can Prevent and Treat PAH in Mice, Vanderbilt Study Finds

Estrogen inhibitors may treat pulmonary vascular disease by correcting metabolic defects in women with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), say researchers at Nashville’s Vanderbilt University. Their study,“Oestrogen inhibition reverses pulmonary arterial hypertension ... Read more

August 21, 2017August 21, 2017

Lab Study Shows Positive Effects of Adcirca in Treatment of PAH

News, PAH News

Adcirca (tadalafil) exerts a variety of positive effects that may explain why the therapy improves idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH), according to an in vitro study. The study, “Tadalafil ... Read more

August 18, 2017August 17, 2017

Replacing Feelings of Defeat with Feeling Grateful

Columns, Recharged and Rewired - a Column by Brittany Foster

It’s the feeling of dizziness. It’s the fatigue that seems to come out of nowhere, the inability to concentrate on the mindless TV show in front of me and ... Read more

August 18, 2017August 18, 2017

Sprycel-induced PAH Seen to Persist for Years in Sizable Number of Leukemia Patients in Study

News, PAH News

A treatment given people with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) — Sprycel (dasatinib) — is known to cause pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in some. Now, researchers in France report that PAH ... Read more

August 17, 2017August 17, 2017

Phaware Podcast: Richard N. Channick, MD, Part 1

Aware That I'm Rare - a Podcast Series by phaware, Columns

This podcast series, created and produced by phaware, is being offered as a regular guest feature on Pulmonary Hypertension News to bring the voices and life experiences of PH patients, family members, ... Read more

August 17, 2017August 17, 2017

Representation and the Need for More PHighters on Screen

Columns, PHighting Words - a Column by Mike Naple

I didn’t know what pulmonary hypertension was before my diagnosis. When I would tell friends and family about the disease, almost all of them learned about it for the ... Read more

August 16, 2017August 16, 2017

Phaware Podcast: Liz Klings, MD

Aware That I'm Rare - a Podcast Series by phaware, Columns

August 16, 2017August 16, 2017

Finding PH Community in Waiting Rooms

Columns, Life After PH – A Column By Kathleen Sheffer

When my alarm goes off at 9 a.m. in the clinic and I pull out my bright green pill organizer, others around me start to do the same. “I’m ... Read more

August 16, 2017August 16, 2017

Reviva’s RP5063 Prevented Rats from Developing Pulmonary Hypertension, Study Reports

News, PAH News

Reviva Pharmaceuticals‘ RP5063 prevented rats from developing pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), according to a Canadian study. In addition to precluding heart and blood vessel damage in the animals, RP5063 decreased levels ... Read more

August 15, 2017August 15, 2017

Bellerophon Updates Pulsed, Inhaled Nitric Oxide Clinical Trials for PH, Related Disorders

News

Bellerophon Therapeutics has updated clinical trials testing its investigative INOpulse system for several forms of pulmonary hypertension (PH). The update is part of the company’s second-quarter 2017 financial report. The INOvation-1 trial ... Read more

August 14, 2017August 14, 2017

Tracking Long-term Changes in PAH Patients’ Heart Conditions Could Help Reduce Deaths, Study Suggests

News, PAH News

Tracking long-term changes in measurements associated with pulmonary hypertension patients’ death from heart disease can help doctors do a better job of identifying those at higher risk of such ... Read more

August 11, 2017August 10, 2017

The Heartbreak of Saying Goodbye to My Career

Columns, Recharged and Rewired - a Column by Brittany Foster

Preparing for a new school year looks a lot like countless trips to Target, staying up all hours of the night going through Pinterest ideas, creating laminated posters, developing ... Read more