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Many people living with Pulmonary Hypertension are on a no- to low-sodium diet. But trying to keep to such a diet can be very challenging, and create obstacles for dining with friends, even for preparing your own meals. People with PH are advised to maintain a low-sodium diet because salt can cause…

The Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA) recently accredited the University of Rochester (UR) Medical Center as a Comprehensive Care Center, recognizing its excellence in research, diagnosis, and clinical care for patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH). The group’s PH Care Centers (PHCC) initiative provides accreditation to centers with expertise in PH, particularly pulmonary arterial…

Drugs that suppress the immune system should be used together with drugs that dilate the arteries, to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) associated with adult-onset Still’s disease (AOSD) according to a new study published in the journal Respiratory Medicine Case Reports.

In recent years, reports emerged linking diabetes to pulmonary hypertension. But news that a disease affecting our blood sugar could increase the risk, or speed the progression, of a devastating lung disease is difficult to imagine. A recent review attempts an explanation. Titled “The Role of Hyperglycemia and…

Eiger BioPharmaceuticals recently reported the dosing of a first patient in its Phase 2 LIBERTY clinical trial, evaluating the effects of ubenimex (Bestatin) as an add-on therapy to current standard of care in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). The study is currently recruiting adult patients with PAH WHO…

Pulmonary hypertension can be detected using echocardiography earlier than previously thought according to a new study conducted on newborn mice.

The presence of atrial arrhythmias may help predict unfavorable prognosis in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH), according to a study published in the Cardiology Journal. The study also showed that longer P-waves, a type of wave found in electrocardiographies (ECG), can predict shorter survival rates. The work was developed…

Mifcare, a Paris-based biotechnology company recently announced positive pre-clinical results for their compound MFC1040.

Screening the gene transcripts of both people with pulmonary arterial hypertension and several PAH animal models, researchers at Mie University Graduate School of Medicine in Japan identified a new gene that might contribute to the disease. The findings, published in the journal Frontiers in Pharmacology under the title…

Erica Huntzinger, today a pulmonary hypertension (PH) activist and advocate, remembers her mother, Susan, beginning to experience PH symptoms in her mid-30s, but going improperly undiagnosed for more than a quarter century. During this period, Susan suffered two respiratory failures, a heart attack, and as many as five emergency room visits a year…

Oxygen therapy given newborns with persistent pulmonary hypertension likely works to cement the molecular changes that led to the condition in the first place, further worsening, rather than treating, the illness. The study, “Hypoxia and hyperoxia potentiate PAF receptor-mediated effects in newborn ovine pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells: significance in oxygen…

Researchers at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University are exploring how a protein, found in high levels in patients with pulmonary hypertension, might drive disease, while at the same time investigating potential treatments targeting the factor. The protein that caught the attention of Dr. David Fulton — director of…