https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n4jF2n4xHs In this video from OSU Wexner Medical Center, pulmonologist Dr. Rajive Tandon talks about some of the reasons why people can develop the chronic lung disease pulmonary hypertension (PH). Who is more at risk of developing pulmonary hypertension? Dr. Tandon explains that there are many…
Just because you have pulmonary hypertension (PH) doesn’t mean you have to stay home and forgo vacations and trips. However, traveling with PH means you have to do some extra planning before you go. To help you out, we’ve put together a list of tips for travelers based on information from the Pulmonary…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSTQzmBb4jg In this video from OSU Wexner Medical Center, Dr. Rajive Tandon talks about some of the reasons why people should be screened for pulmonary hypertension (PH). Find out how pulmonary hypertension is diagnosed here. Dr. Tandon explains that if you already have a chronic lung…
Patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) who participated in a trial where they used an oscillatory whole body vibration (WBV) device showed an increased capacity for exercise and improved physical performance. Dr. Kristina Kudelko discusses whether pulmonary hypertension patients should exercise and the health benefits they may experience if…
When people talk about pulmonary hypertension (PH), they’re talking about a condition where high blood pressure in the lungs leads to the narrowing of the blood vessels to the heart, causing the right side of the heart to work much harder to pump oxygenated blood back into the lungs. This can then lead…
The Chick-Fil-A restaurant in Phenix City, Alabama has shown its charitable side by hosting an evening to raise money for a local boy who has advanced pulmonary hypertension. The restaurant announced that 10 percent of last Thursday’s sales would go towards 10-year-old Austin Deckard’s hospital bills and treatment. Read more about…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YraOhJOWPVg In this short video from Lee Health Memorial System, Lindsey Fry talks about what pulmonary hypertension is and who is at risk of developing the disease. Understand the basic pathology of pulmonary hypertension better with this short video. With the help of nurse practitioner Mini Matthew, Fry explains…
Software developed by the Medical Research Council in the U.K. could help save lives by indicating how long a person’s heart will continue to work. Scientists from the MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences trialed the software on pulmonary hypertension (PH) patients. How is pulmonary hypertension diagnosed? Find out…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K-uo5f-HUE In this video from MySheboygan.com, pulmonary arterial hypertension patient Mai Tong Vang shares the story of her journey with the disease. Discover seven facts about pulmonary arterial hypertension that you may find interesting. Although Vang was diagnosed with a hole in the heart when she was a…
Pulmonary hypertension is a rare, progressive lung disease where the blood pressure in the lung’s arteries becomes dangerously high leading to narrowed blood vessels. This forces the right side of the heart to work much harder to pump oxygenated blood back into the lungs, causing it to become enlarged. Pulmonary…
This video from PHA Canada is an episode of the PH Counsellor Web Seminar Series called The Stress Tree. Pulmonary hypertension counselor Alyson Quinn encourages PH patients to draw their own stress tree, where the branches of the tree represent something in their life which causes them stress or…
In this video from the Vera Moulton Wall Center for Pulmonary Vascular Disease, Dr. Venicio de Jesus Perez from the Stanford School of Medicine talks about the simple pathology of pulmonary hypertension. Find out how pulmonary hypertension is diagnosed. Dr. Perez explains that in patients…
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