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Familial Pulmonary Fibrosis
National Jewish Medical Center — Information on Familial Pulmonary Fibrosis, a case of pulmonary fibrosis that occurs in members of the same family. When two or more members within the same family have Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) or any other form of Idiopathic ...More…
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Pulmonary Rehabilitation
National Jewish Medical Center — Pulmonary rehabilitation is a frequent form of treatment for COPD that focuses on exercise, nutrition, and lifestyle management to control COPD and its symptoms. Pulmonary rehabilitation is a program to people with chronic lung diseases like ...More…
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Spirometry Testing (Lung Function Testing)
National Jewish Medical Center — Answers to common questions and concerns regarding Spirometry Testing, such as what it is, how to prepare for a test, and what is done during the test. Through routine spirometry, lung diseases can often be diagnosed in the early stages when ...More…
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Interstitial Lung Disease
National Jewish Medical Center — Information on Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD), a broad term applied to a variety of conditions characterized by the scarring of lung tissue. Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a broad category of lung diseases that includes more than 130 ...More…
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Healing Process Found to Backfire in Lung Patients
National Institutes of Health — A mechanism in the body which typically helps a person heal from an injury, may actually be causing patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) to get worse, researchers at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), a ...More…
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Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis (CPF) - Causes
Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis — Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive and generally fatal disease characterized by scarring of the lungs that thickens the lining of the lungs, causing an irreversible loss of the tissue's ability to transport oxygen. IPF ...More…
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Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Home Page
Providing educational materials to the medical and lay communities. Obtaining Congressional Support to increase funding of the NIH to find a cure for Pulmonary Fibrosis. Convincing the drug companies to initiate additional studies to find an ...More…
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Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis (CPF) - Support Groups
Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis — Caring for someone who has a debilitating illness can be both physically and emotionally demanding. You are doing your best to ensure that your loved one gets the best possible care-staying informed about potential treatment options and doing all ...More…
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Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis (CPF)
Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis — This glossary may be useful to you as you learn more about IPF. Very small air sacs found in the lungs. Click here to see how the alveolar tissue changes with IPF. Experimental medications used to suppress the scarring process associated with ...More…
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Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis (CPF) - Clinical Trials
Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis — The primary research challenge is that current investigational therapies are widely considered to be treatment to alleviate symptoms of IPF or to slow the natural, unrelenting progression of the disease, thereby extending survival. No current ...More…
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"Pulmonary Fibrosis"
Clinical Trials — A Pilot Study of Aerosol Interferon-Gamma for Treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Oral Pirfenidone for the Pulmonary Fibrosis of Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Albinism; Inborn Errors of Metabolism; Oculocutaneous Albinism; Platelet Storage ...More…
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Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis (CPF) - Treatment
Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis — Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Oxygen Management for the IPF Patient For the idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) patient, managing symptoms of respiratory distress can make even the simplest activities of daily living a challenge. Not only does IPF ...More…