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Just over a week until Christmas and Hanukkah everyone! I am counting down the days until the celebrations begin with friends and family, which albeit can be stressful with chronic…
Just over a week until Christmas and Hanukkah everyone! I am counting down the days until the celebrations begin with friends and family, which albeit can be stressful with chronic…
Wendy sits at the corner of a polished conference table. She’s timid by nature—a little mousy. Her voice squeaks out responses as she participates in the discussion. The conference she’s attending…
What is it about inspiration? Where does it come from? If you are living with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), you may want to feel moved, and then to use that…
Movies, television shows, and books can create a vision of a world with endless possibilities. The future can be portrayed in ways that we would find impossible in the present…
When your body has to work extra hard to breathe because of lung issues such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), help it out by “eating healthy.” Digesting big, heavy meals…
Happy Weekend Before the Election Patient Worthians! Get some rest, Tuesday is going to be a big one in the United States. But while you're hanging out, check out these…
2016 has been a very bizarre, upsetting year. As an American, I can’t wait until I can bury most everything about 2016 in the back corner of the history books.…
My dad went from playing basketball three times a week at the local YMCA to not being able to climb the stairs to bed. And for two years, the doctors…
BMC Medicine recently started an idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) article collection. It should help educate patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals by delivering the most up-to-date research and latest advancements in treatment.…
“You’ve come a long way, baby!” was a hugely popular phrase back in the late 1960s that I grew up with and still refer to often. I often say it…
Welcome to this week's Editor's Choice! We hope that those of you who are having a back-to-school week, are smooth sailing! This week, we have some news on IPF and hemophilia…
IPF (Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis) Awareness Month is coming up in September. To help raise awareness post something on your favorite social media site and use #IPF #IPFWorld #BlueUp4PF! Go to…
It's never easy to lose someone you care about to IPF. It can help, though, to not just mourn their loss, but to celebrate their life. When Irv Feldman passed…
How many things do people dismiss in daily life as just a sign of getting older? Too many, in my opinion. But in this article, The New York Times seems…
What does pulmonary fibrosis, or scarring of the lungs, have to do with blood? Probably more than I'm aware, because when I first saw that a biopharma company specializing in…
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis or IPF is a disease where the tissue in the lungs becomes scarred and stiff, making it harder for a person to breathe and preventing the lungs from properly…
"From belonging to an healthiest elite organisation to being hit by a rare disease is a leap which is not easy to accept." What is it about stories? Why do…
September is IPF Awareness month, I always love seeing the little things you can do to help raise awareness and involve anybody. I wish they could all go viral like…
This September, Chicago is having a Hike for Lung Health to help raise awareness for IPF. If Chicago is to far for you to go to participate then organize a…
September is IPF Awareness Month. A great way to raise awareness is by engaging your community. Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper and share your story…
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis or IPF is a disease where the tissue in the lungs becomes scarred and stiff making it harder for a person to breathe. When the tissue thickens the…
There is a campaign to help raise awareness on IPF World called Blowing Soap Bubbles. This is the reasoning behind their campaign, "Blowing soap bubbles is a joyful activity. When…
While you are traveling on your summer vacation, you should stop to help raise awareness for IPF this September. Take a picture of yourself at a popular destination and use…
Count your blessings, today and Everyday, It is a blessing just to breathe. Sometimes life moves so fast you can forget to count your blessings. Really it is a blessing…
Life is hard, Breathing should be the easy part. Breathing should be the easiest thing to do in life. It is an automatic body function that we do without thought.…