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1 week ago | 
pulmonaryhypertensionnews.com | Marisa Wexler |Anna Jeter |Mary Chapman
The PAH Initiative is hosting a video event in May to provide information about the benefits of exercise for people with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). “The Power of Movement: Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation for PAH” is part of the initiative’s PAH Today national broadcast series.
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1 month ago | 
pulmonaryhypertensionnews.com | Margarida Maia |Anna Jeter |Mike Naple |Hawken Miller
I think it is more effective to watch for good advice instead of asking for it. An Inc. article titled “25 Excellent Pieces of Advice That Most People Ignore” covers words of wisdom that often go in one ear and out the other. “It’s easy to find someone to tell you what you want to hear, but your true ally is one who tells you what you need to learn,” the author writes.
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2 months ago | 
pulmonaryhypertensionnews.com | Lindsey Shapiro |Anna Jeter |Mike Naple |Marisa Wexler
Activation of an immune signaling molecule called STAT6 may lead to pulmonary hypertension (PH) in people with oxygen deprivation due to obstructive sleep apnea, according to a recent study in mice. Obstructive sleep apnea is a common sleep disorder characterized by chronic intermittent hypoxia, or repeated episodes of stopping and starting to breathe while asleep. In the study, STAT6 levels were elevated in the lungs of a mouse model of intermittent hypoxia-induced PH.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
pulmonaryhypertensionnews.com | Steve Bryson |Anna Jeter
The dosing regimen for Winrevair (sotatercept-csrk) is optimal for balancing efficacy and safety in adults with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), an analysis of clinical trial data shows. This regimen is “well-justified based on the totality of the observed safety and efficacy data from Phase 2 and Phase 3 studies,” the scientists wrote.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
pulmonaryhypertensionnews.com | Anna Jeter |Mike Naple |Jen Cueva
When I was in college and my health was in decline with pulmonary hypertension, I had a month when my symptoms became exacerbated. That led to a week of things becoming noticeably worse, which led to a day of increasing worry. By 9 at night, I felt I had to tell my mom, mainly because I was afraid of what might happen if I went to sleep. My symptoms had been building for a while, and they’d hit the point where I genuinely felt scared for my well-being.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
pulmonaryhypertensionnews.com | Jen Cueva |Anna Jeter |Helen Baldwin
Music is a universal gift given and received by people of all ages, ethnicities, and cultures. Its versatile melodies, rhythms, harmonies, lyrics, and instruments adapt to any person, place, situation, mood, and event. Music is the keeper of memories, the creator of dreams, and the healer of mind, body, and soul. It cultivates love and consoles broken hearts. It’s a prayer, a push to be brave, a reason to smile, a shoulder to cry on, and a pillow for rest.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
pulmonaryhypertensionnews.com | Andrea Lobo |Anna Jeter |Marisa Wexler
A new educational campaign aims to raise awareness of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) symptoms, with the goal of accelerating diagnosis and improving treatment. The American Lung Association campaign has the support of Merck, which markets Winrevair (sotatercept), a medication approved this year in the U.S. and the European Union and other countries.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
pulmonaryhypertensionnews.com | Anna Jeter |Marisa Wexler |Jen Cueva
All my Halloween nights were the same when I was growing up. First, my parents would bring me and my siblings to our family friend’s house, where we consumed sloppy Joes and Jell-O jigglers. Then the kids would disperse to various homes on the street to begin the festivities. I’d go to my best friend’s house, where we’d finish getting into costume. Then, trailing after her big sisters, we’d commence our walk through the neighborhood to gather treats.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
pulmonaryhypertensionnews.com | Andrea Lobo |Anna Jeter |Margarida Maia |Patricia Inacio
A new device to deliver inhaled nitric oxide gas to newborns with pulmonary hypertension (PH), is now available for use in hospital neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) across the U.S. The rollout follows recent approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of the next-generation device, the INOmax Evolve DS, “We are excited to enter the nationwide rollout phase of our next-generation INOmax delivery system for NICU patients and the hospital staff responsible for their care,” Lisa...
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
pulmonaryhypertensionnews.com | Jen Cueva |Andrea Lobo |Patricia Inacio |Anna Jeter
In August, I had the amazing opportunity to attend the Pulmonary Hypertension Association’s (PHA) International PH Conference in Indianapolis. Meeting newly diagnosed patients and caregivers was a vibrant experience. For many, it was their first time attending such an event, and the energy was contagious. Even the pharmaceutical and healthcare teams appeared hopeful.
