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Advisory: Reproductive Health and Pulmonary Hypertension
Pregnancy is considered high risk for people with pulmonary hypertension because their heart and lungs can’t easily adjust to the demands of pregnancy and childbirth.
4 Stories of Living PHearlessly Around the World
As we celebrate Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month, we’re sharing the stories of people who commit to “Live PHearlessly” with pulmonary hypertension. In this issue, we focus on people from Australia, England, Nigeria and Spain. Read their stories.
Now Online: PHA Journal Focuses on Group 2 PH
The latest issue of Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension addresses Group 2 pulmonary hypertension, the most common cause of PH in the developed world. Caused by left heart disease, Group 2 PH has many diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. Learn more.
Carter-Hicks’ Holiday Cabaret to Benefit PHA
Join the Washington, D.C.-area pulmonary hypertension community for a holiday performance by Stephen Carter-Hicks. The holiday cabaret, set for 7:30 p.m. EST, Tuesday, Dec. 5, will benefit the Pulmonary Hypertension Association. Carter-Hicks, a longtime PHA volunteer and professional entertainer, will take you over the river and through the woods with secular and sacred Christmas songs. Learn more.
Fundraising Walks Wrap Up Until 2024
As Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month winds down, PHA is grateful for the support it receives through fundraising events, such as three O2breathe walks that took place in November. The walks were the last three of this year, but we look forward to more in 2024. Read more.
ABIM Webinar Features PHA Leaders
In honor of Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month in November, ABIM partnered with the Pulmonary Hypertension Association to offer a webinar featuring PH physicians, PHA President and CEO Matt Granato and Colleen Connor, PHA board member and patient representative on ABIM’s Pulmonary Disease Board. Watch the webinar.
Why You Should Become a PHA Professional Member
Tina Styer, RN, BSN, enjoys and expanded network of pulmonary hypertension professionals, thanks to her Pulmonary Hypertension Association membership. “PHA professional membership has allowed me to meet new people … that I now consider close friends,” says Styer. Join Styer as a PHA professional member before Dec. 18 to receive 20% off membership.
The Case for Portable Liquid Oxygen
Transitioning to liquid oxygen was challenging. My oxygen needs increased requiring me to learn a new system. This change forced me to admit that my progressive disease was progressing.
Oxygen Users ‘Desperately Need More Options’
Nancy Zeppa, 60, is a leader of the Pulmonary Hypertension Association South Jersey Support Group. Her journey with oxygen began in August 2019 when she was diagnosed with pulmonary arterial hypertension.
How Ron Ancrum Found Strength to ‘Keep On Moving’
Ron Ancrum was 25 when he learned he had sarcoidosis. Three decades later, he learned the condition had caused pulmonary arterial hypertension. He shares his path to positivity and self-publishing in the Pulmonary Hypertension Association’s Right Heart Blog. Read his story.
PH Community Shows How They ‘Live PHearlessly’
Living with pulmonary hypertension creates plenty of challenges, but it doesn’t stop people from doing what they love. Lakeisha Orr is one of several people who find the strength to enjoy the outdoors. She and others are sharing their stories as part of the Pulmonary Hypertension Association’s PH Awareness Month campaign, “Live PHearlessly.”
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