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Support group leaders from four states recently participated in a regional training session organized by the Pulmonary Hypertension Association’s Support Group Leader Training Institute. The July 28 event attracted seven leaders from Massachusetts, Maine, New York and Rhode Island.
Pulmonary hypertension communities in Boston and Northern California raised nearly $25,000 in recent PHA O2Breathe walks.
Pamela and Johnie Myers returned from the Pulmonary Hypertension Association’s most recent regional workshop armed with ideas. “I like taking notes to take back to my wife’s doctors because they’re always curious about what we learn,” Johnie says. The Myerses were among 70 people who attended the July 29 PHA Connects: PH Community Workshop July 29 in Boston. Find out what other attendees, including the Apostoloff and Greg families, had to say about the workshop.
The deadline is approaching to join other health care professionals Thursday, Sept. 28 on Capitol Hill for an in-person Advocacy Day. The event will kick off the Pulmonary Hypertension Association’s PH Professional Network Symposium, which runs through Sept. 30 in Arlington, Virginia. Register for Advocacy Day by Aug. 31.
Do you participate in Pulmonary Hypertension Association support programs? If you have attended in-person or virtual support groups, contacted PHA Email PHriends or called our Patient and Caregiver Support line, please take a few minutes to complete our peer support survey. Submit your survey by Thursday, Aug. 31.
As leader of the Pulmonary Hypertension Association’s Dayton, Ohio, support group, Mary Hale ends every meeting with the comforting words, “We are stronger together.” Mary tweaked her closing message as an entry for the PHA 2024 theme contest. PHA 2024 International PH Conference and Scientific Sessions is set for Aug. 15-18, 2024, in Indianapolis.
Barron “Coach Bear” Honea hadn’t heard of pulmonary hypertension when his cousin Josh White died of PH complications shortly after his 2020 diagnosis. Although the former basketball coach had experienced PH symptoms for nine years, he didn’t connect them to his cousin’s disease. About a year later, Sandeep Sahay, MD, of Houston Methodist, confirmed Barron’s own PH and told him about the Pulmonary Hypertension Association.
The latest issue of Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension addresses how non-medical factors can influence PH care, such as social factors, diet and exercise, and caregiving. Advances is the Pulmonary Hypertension Association’s quarterly peer-reviewed clinical journal.
Nearly two-thirds of American adults don’t have an up-to-date estate plan. During National Make-A-Will Month, make time to check this important task off your to-do list. As you reflect on the people you love and causes you care about, consider including the Pulmonary Hypertension Association in your estate planning.
