Marta Ribeiro,  —

Marta graduated from Universidade Fernando Pessoa in Porto with a degree in Communication Sciences and a Masters degree in New Communication Technologies. She has experience in social media, worked with several media channels, and has also worked as a freelance photographer and a graphic artist for almost 10 years.

Articles by Marta Ribeiro

Experimental PAH Therapy to Be Tested in New Clinical Trial

Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that develops and commercializes drugs for the treatment of orphan diseases and conditions with ineffective current treatments, announced a new license agreement with a leading Japanese pharmaceutical company, Nippon Kayaku. Eiger BioPharmaceuticals aims to develop Nippon Kayaku’s therapeutic drug Bestatinâ„¢ (ubenimex) for the…

AHA/ATS: New Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Guideline

  The American Heart Association (AHA) and American Thoracic Society (ATS) have issued new guidelines pertaining to Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension. The revisions come as a result of collaboration between the agencies and were developed in a joint effort by an interdisciplinary team of 27 experienced clinicians and…

PH Awareness Goes High-Tech With phaware365 Mobile App

The Burbank, California-based non-profit organization phaware is a global association dedicated to creating awareness about pulmonary hypertension through engagement and technological innovation to discover and chart the course to a cure. Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a rare, chronic lung disease that affects the functioning of the heart and…

How To Diagnose Pulmonary Hypertension

  Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a rare lung disorder that causes constricting and clogging of the pulmonary arteries that are used to conduct blood from the heart to the lungs. Since the disease causes difficulties for the heart to properly pump the blood, the organ needs to work…

Santa’s Parade To Help Boy With PH

According to a Bucks Herald article, Santa Claus will parade through Aylesbury (England) on Sunday, November 29 before ending up at the Friars Square Christmas grotto. The grotto will charge £3 entry for one child and a £5 charge for two or more, with all proceeds will be going…

Pulmonary Hypertension: Los Lunas Girl Battles PH

Eliana Alderete is a 12-year old little girl from Los Lunas, Mexico that has been battling Pulmonary Hypertension since she was born. Eliana is like any other little girl; she likes to play, dance, run — even though all those simple tasks turn out to be very difficult for her.

Evan’s Pulmonary Hypertension Battle and Story

Evan Gayken is a 2-year old toddler who suffers from a life-threatning disease; he has been diagnosed with Pedriatic Pulmonary Hypertension – a lung and heart disease that makes his blood vessels in his lungs constrict. Because of this, his heart has to work extra hard. He is on an aggressive…


A Conversation With Rare Disease Advocates