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According to Medical News Today, “the new guidelines are the result of collaboration between the American Heart Association (AHA) and American Thoracic Society (ATS) and were created by an interdisciplinary team of 27 physicians, based on data from more than 600 studies.” Adults and children have different health needs,…

“Patients living with Pulmonary Hypertension talk about how difficult it is to live with a rare and deadly disease and how it affects their everyday lives. But there are several ways to live and cope with Pulmonary Hypertension, as you will see in this video.”   Learn more…

Read the Articles Here: 1. Targeted Therapeutics Under Investigation For PAH Treatment 2. Stem Cells Derived from Human Umbilical Cord Blood Could Treat Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension 3. PAH Patients Exhibit Skeletal Muscle Abnormalities; Underlying…

As with many diseases, there can be genetic predispositions for certain diseases due to the presence of mutations. Pulmonary hypertension is no exception and research has demonstrated that mutations in the BMPR2 gene can cause pulmonary arterial hypertension. Read more about Familial or Heritable PH: http://bit.ly/1LzmaRc…

Like any other disease, a patient’s healthcare provider will diagnose PH by collecting information about medical history as well as family history.  A physical exam will be administered along with a number of other tests and procedures. Symptoms of PH can develop over a long period of time and…

Last year, a study entitled “T-Helper 17 Cell Polarization in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension” published in the Chest journal associated the increased activity of a T-cell-mediated immune process — the T-helper 17 pathway — with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH). Read more: http://bit.ly/1Gg8oUv…

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a rare but life-threatening lung disease that occurs when the pulmonary arteries become narrowed and stiff. The pulmonary arteries are the vessels that move blood from the heart to the lungs, and when they are obstructed, the heart needs to work harder to pump the…

  Researchers in Brazil and the United Kingdom have identified another reason to get up and get moving. Reporting their findings in “Voluntary Exercise Delays Heart Failure Onset in Rats with Pulmonary Artery Hypertension,” which was published in American Journal of Physiology…

1. Florence + The Machine – Dog Days Are Over 2. Natasha Bedingfield – Pocket Full Of Sunshine 3. Kelly Clarkson – Stronger 4. Taylor Swift – Shake It Off 5. Macklemore &…

“Don Stevenson started walking after nearly 30 years of working for Dairygold Dairy, and decided walking to benefit charities would be a good way to get both exercise and to help others.  Stevenson was just starting to pen his first book as a newly retired man. Stevenson thought…

Pretty much every person likes to travel, experience new cultures, go through new life experiences, or just go to a quiet place for relaxation. For many PH patients, travel is simply a part of their lives either for professional or personal reasons. Having PH is no reason to think that your traveling…

According to Right Diagnosis: Primary pulmonary hypertension is listed as a “rare disease” by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Primary pulmonary hypertension, or a subtype of Primary pulmonary hypertension, affects less than 200,000 people in the US…