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Columnist Sam Kirton, calling the PF world an inclusive community, promotes care for those LGBTQIA+ while appealing to them to donate organs.
Let-7, an established tumor suppressor microRNA, plays a key role in lung tissue repair and the development of scarring, a ...
Nerandomilast slowed lung function decline in people with IPF and PPF after a year of treatment, according to data from two ...
If your journey with pulmonary fibrosis were a movie, what best describes the genre? Horror? Comedy? Drama? Reality? Wait, how about a Hallmark movie? When I was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary ...
I couldn’t decide whether to open my column this week with “I hate this disease” or “This disease simply isn’t fair.” It’s been one of those weeks when both statements are true. I hate this disease, ...
There is no cure for pulmonary fibrosis (PF), but many therapies are in the pipeline that may be able to slow disease progression, manage symptoms, and improve quality of life for patients. Some of ...
Taking oral dietary supplements of epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) — an antioxidant in green tea — may stop and reverse the pro-fibrotic (scarring) state of the lungs of people with idiopathic ...
A Phase 3 clinical trial testing Boehringer Ingelheim’s oral investigational treatment nerandomilast in people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) has met its primary goal of demonstrating the ...
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a complex disease that leads me and other patients on a complicated trajectory. Not only do I deal with its physical difficulties, such as acute exacerbations ...
Living with a chronic and progressive disease like pulmonary fibrosis (PF) can be challenging, and there are many issues a person with PF needs to consider, including lifestyle changes, coping with ...