Iyengar Yoga (IY) may be able to increase the quality of life in patients who suffer from pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). This conclusion is from a research team at the universities of Calgary and Alberta in Canada, and was recently presented at the 36th Annual International Society for Heart and…
Bayer is presenting six abstracts on studies investigating riociguat for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) at the 2016 American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference now taking place in San Francisco, California. Riociguat (BAY 63-2521, trade name Adempas) is a stimulator of soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC). It is indicated for the treatment…
Natalie Maria Cole was destined to be famous right from her birth on February 6, 1950. Daughter of the legendary Nat King Cole, Natalie became a star herself and she was one of the most successful singer-songwriters from the mid-1970s. However, after a struggle with pulmonary hypertension, Natalie…
Galectin Therapeutics, Inc., will present an abstract, a collaboration with researchers at Augusta University titled “Galectin-3 Mediates Vascular Remodeling in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension,” at the 2016 International Conference of the American Thoracic Society (ATS) being held May 13–18 in San Francisco. The study, undertaken in the labs of Drs. Scott Barman and…
Brad A. Wong of San Rafael, California, has been appointed President and CEO of the Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA), a position he assumes on June 19. Wong’s appointment by the PHA Board of Trustees coincides with the association’s 25th anniversary. The second CEO in PHA’s history, he has served has executive…
To mark World PH Day on May 5, the Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA) will join with 80 other groups worldwide in celebrating the progress made in their common fight against pulmonary hypertension, an often-misdiagnosed and life-threatening lung disease. “In 25 years, here in the U.S., we’ve gone from zero to 14…
Balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) appears to be of multiple benefit to patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH), both in terms of hemodynamics and in other systemic disorders like glycemic control and kidney disease, according to a study published in the journal Circulation, titled “Multiple Beneficial Effects of Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty in Patients…
The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) announced it has enrolled its first pulmonary fibrosis (PF) patient in the newly launched PFF Patient Registry, a collaborative effort involving patients, researchers, and healthcare providers that will gather data to advance PF research and improve patients’ quality of life. Enrollment takes place at participating PFF Care Center Network (CCN) sites across the…
Results from a retrospective study based on a claims database of U.S. patients with pulmonary embolism indicated that physicians are failing to recognize and diagnose thousands of cases of a serious lung disease, chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). The study, “Monitoring for Pulmonary Hypertension Following Pulmonary Embolism: The INFORM…
A scientist from the Montreal Heart Institute (MHI) recently presented the results of a Phase 2 clinical trial demonstrating PulmoBind biomarker’s safety and the PulmoBind tomography (SPECT) scan’s ability to detect abnormalities in pulmonary hypertension (PH) patients . The presentation was made at the Annual Meeting of the…
The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), the scientific board of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), has “readopted” its positive opinion in support of Actelion’s Uptravi (selexipag) as a treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). According to an Actelion press release, the “re-adoption” of the…
The Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA) recently announced the accreditation of two new Centers of Comprehensive Care and their inclusion in its Pulmonary Hypertension Care Centers (PHCC) initiative. PHA comprehensive care centers can now be found in 23 U.S. states, assisting and providing more treatment options for adults and children…
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