Scientists and doctors are constantly researching ways to make medicine more personalized. One way they are doing this is by researching stem cells. These researched cells are undifferentiated, which means they don’t have a specific job or function, so because of this, they have the potential to become other…
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia, or CDH, is a birth defect with complications to the diaphragm. This defect allows the abdominal organs to pass through the diaphragm, enter the chest and inhibit lung growth. CDH can result in two main complications: pulmonary hypoplasia and pulmonary hypertension. …
Dr. Roger Seheult (Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine), explains in this video shared by MEDCRAMvideos, some of the key aspects of pulmonary hypertension. He discusses some facts such as the definition of pulmonary hypertension, different WHO pulmonary…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipj_lCBcm0Y Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (also known as COPD) is a chronic inflammatory lung disease that causes obstructed airflow from the lungs. Dr. Josh Axe shares this video, where you can listen to some of his tips on how to naturally alleviate some of your…
The rare and severe lung disease called pulmonary hypertension (PH) affects the pulmonary arteries, causing high blood pressure. The pulmonary arteries transport the blood from the right heart ventricle to the lungs, but when affected by the disease, they become narrowed and thickened. The hearts of…
It might surprise you to learn that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, is the third leading cause of death in the U.S. But even with these numbers, the fact is a lot of people who suffer from COPD are not even aware of it and haven’t been diagnosed. To…
Being diagnosed with a serious lung and heart condition such as pulmonary hypertension is stressful and overwhelming. To make things a little easier for you, we’ve decided to put together this list of seven tips that you could use to plan your first pulmonary hypertension appointment…
OregonClinic shared this video in 2014, where pulmonary hypertension is discussed. Dr. Wayne Strauss, part of the Oregon Clinic – Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine staff, is a physician who has pulmonary hypertension as his sub-specialty. Watch him talk about pulmonary hypertension causes, how…
In this video from PAH.TV, watch Dr. Victor Test, a pulmonologist in Durham, North Carolina and affiliated with Duke University, talk “about the use of thrombolytic and catheter-based interventions for the subset of patients with submassive pulmonary embolism”. This interview was made at CHEST…
Living with pulmonary hypertension can be quite difficult, especially if you’re a newly diagnosed patient. Since this is a rare condition, there are several question that may come up which you feel the need to have answered. We’ve put together this list of nine of the most…
Is there an explanation for the association of pulmonary arterial hypertension with intravenous drug use or chronic liver disease? Does the risk of developing PAH increases with IV drug use? impactID.com clears up doubt with this short interview with Dr. Harrison Farber, where some…
PAH.TVÂ shared this video where you can watch a panel of specialists in pulmonary disease discussing the challenges of managing patients with pulmonary hypertension. There are different types of patients dealing with PH and each one of them has particular needs that must…
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