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…
What’s it like taking care of someone who’s had a lung transplant? In this video from Gifted Life, 26-year-old Lauren and her mom explain what it’s like looking after someone who has a chronic lung condition and the differences between pre- and post-transplant caregiving. What’s it like to…
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…
Did you know that after the age of 35 the signal between our diaphragm and our brain weakens? This “loss of connection” does not allow the diaphragm to work at its maximum efficiency and our breathing becomes more labored. Because of that, as the years go by, our lung…
What do you know about pulmonary arterial hypertension? Are you a PAH expert? Are you curious because someone you love has the life-threatening lung condition? Here are some interesting facts you should know about PAH (source: Active Beat): PAH affects men and women of all ages and races.
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…
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a chronic lung disease that occurs when your pulmonary arteries become narrowed or blocked, causing increased blood pressure in the lungs and forcing the heart to work harder. It usually affects people ages 20 to 60, but children and older adults can develop PH, too. Women…
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