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In this video from MD Magazine TV, Dr. Stephen Y. Chan talks about why he feels pulmonary hypertension (PH) has been a neglected condition when it comes to researching treatments. Approved pulmonary hypertension drugs reduce hospitalization. Find out more. Chan explains that when he was taught about pulmonary…

In this video from the Vera Moulton Wall Center for Pulmonary Vascular Disease, Dr. Yon Sung talks about the diagnosis process for pulmonary hypertension. Find out more about living with pulmonary hypertension. Sung details some of the symptoms patients with pulmonary hypertension present to their doctors including…

Prostacyclin is a naturally occurring compound found in the human body which stops platelets (which prevent blood clotting) from sticking together and helps to lower blood pressure in the lungs.  Patients with pulmonary hypertension have low levels of prostacyclin. Dr. Mandell explains how to improve breathing with some…

In this video from PHA Canada shared in 2015, PH counsellor Alyson Quinn conducts a webinar where she talks about the “balancing grid.” What’s it like to live with pulmonary arterial hypertension? Quinn asks pulmonary hypertension patients to complete a balancing grid where they will discover if…

In this video from the Vera Moulton Wall Center for Pulmonary Hypertension Disease at Stanford film, Dr. Kristina Kudelko discusses whether pulmonary hypertension patients should exercise and the health benefits they may experience when they undertake an exercise regimen. Pulmonary hypertension patients engaged in exercise…

More than half of pulmonary hypertension (PH) patients are hospitalized within their first year of diagnosis, usually due to complications from the disease. In this video from AJMCtv, Dr. Charles Burger from the Mayo Clinic talks about three separate clinical trials for pulmonary hypertension medications which saw a reduction…

More than half of pulmonary hypertension (PH) patients are hospitalized within their first year of diagnosis, usually due to complications from the disease. In this video from AJMCtv, Dr. Charles Burger from the Mayo Clinic talks about three separate clinical trials for pulmonary hypertension medications which saw a reduction…

In this video from PHAEUROPE shared in February 2015, we discover a little about what it’s like to live with the chronic lung disease, pulmonary hypertension (PH). Explaining the diagnosis process of pulmonary hypertension.  Pulmonary hypertension patients of varying ages talk about how having PH affects them…

This short animated video from PHA Canada looks inside the heart and lungs and explains how blood flows between the two and what goes wrong when a person has pulmonary hypertension (PH). The diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension differs between countries, a study finds. The film…

In this TED video from 2011, soprano opera singer and pulmonary hypertension patient Charity Tillemann-Dick explains that prior to her lung transplant she was told by doctors her singing was killing her and that she should stop. Charity Tillemann-Dick gets behind Project Perseverance.  In this presentation, where…

Although many patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) are on restricted liquid diets, it is still important to stay hydrated, and there are many ways to do so besides drinking a lot of water. Find out about 10 things people with chronic illnesses do that they shouldn’t! In this fun…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TxqejkT6O8 In this touching video from the Temple Hospital, we meet Arthur. Arthur is a caregiver to his wife, Tommie, who has had pulmonary hypertension for 10 years. Dr. Scott McFarland talks about the new treatments and options available to people who have pulmonary arterial hypertension. Arthur explains…