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New insights into the molecular mechanisms of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) and idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (iPAH) generally lead to new avenues of research for treatments that may work better than existing treatments or open the doors for previously untreatable patients. Work from Medical University Vienna in Austria,…

A team of scientists recently reported that patients with both pulmonary arterial hypertension and congenital heart disease (PAH-CHD) exhibit Quality of Life (QoL) scores significantly lower when compared to patients with stable PAH. The data were presented at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Annual Congress. For this study,…

The Pulmonary Hypertension Association has announced that it is launching a new PHA Patient Telephone Support Group to help patients who suffer from pulmonary hypertension (PH). The support group will offer support to patients, especially those who were recently diagnosed, and will consist of monthly telephone dialogues for…

FibroGen Inc. will present the full data set from a clinical study of patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF), treated for 48 weeks with the company’s investigational drug FG-3019, at the 18th International Colloquium on Lung and Airway Fibrosis (ICLAF) in progress this week at Mont Tremblant, Quebec…

A new study published in the September issue of BMC Pulmonary Medicine reports that pulmonary hypertension is among the main lung diseases associated with non specific pattern (NSP), a condition characterized by normal total lung capacity (TLC) but an increased residual volume (RV). The study is entitled “Non…

The Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA) is hosting their annual educational event “PHA On The Road,” a free educational forum to help both pulmonary hypertension (PH) patients and their families and caregivers fight the rare lung disease, which affects blood pressure in the lungs, and with no…

Despite the widely held observation that inflammation leads to deadly scarring in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, according to a new study conducted at the National Jewish Health, some inflammation may help in the healing and repair process of the lung. Assistant professor of cell biology Elizabeth Redente, PhD, and her research team discovered…

A new study, entitled “Vascular Receptor Autoantibodies in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Associated with Systemic Sclerosis,” conducted at Charité University Hospital, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology in Berlin, Germany, and published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine by first author on the study Dr. Mike…

Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is a disease that is closely associated with Pulmonary Hypertension. According to the Scleroderma Society, “about 1 in 10 people with systemic sclerosis (systemic scleroderma) can go on to develop pulmonary hypertension,” due to the fact that SSc leads to the thickening of the pulmonary…

A new study published in September’s issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, entitled, “The Sphingosine Kinase 1 / Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Pathway in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension” reports the discovery of two novel therapeutic targets to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension. Pulmonary arterial hypertension…

The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) and the U.S. Food And Drug Administration will discuss data from a survey requested for the Patient-Focused Drug Development Meeting For Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, to be held on the 26th of September on the FDA’s White Oak Campus. According to the information…

The Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis (CPF), which has chosen September as National Pulmonary Fibrosis Month, recently announced this year’s activities for increasing advocacy and awareness for the disease. According to the organization, the initiative, now in its 12th year, intends to raise awareness of the disease and…