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PH information Booth at James Bay Square PH Information Booth at Victoria General Hospital Presentation to Royal Jubilee Hospital nurses and medical professionals PH Information Booth at University of British Columbia, in the Life Sciences Building Liz McCall, President BCPHS, emcee's the Actelion Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension media presentation. With Dr. David Ostrow and a PAH patient. Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver BC. PH Information Booth at Royal Jubilee Hospital PH Information Booth at Nanaimo Regional Hospital
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Stem cell research could cure pulmonary hypertension
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Breakthrough for Fatal Lung Disease - New Treatment May Save Lives TORONTO, Canada -- Junne Page has lived a healthy life, but seven years ago, things changed. "I had been short of breath. I thought it was due to a medication I was taking," Page said It wasn't. Page has pulmonary hypertension -- a fatal disease |
Early Diagnosis Gives Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Patients a Fighting Chance VANCOUVER, Nov. 14 /CNW/ - The answer is Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, also known as PAH; the question - which progressive, degenerative disease has a faster mortality timeline than some cancers? Yet, even though untreated PAH will claim the lives of between 40 to 55 per cent of patients within the first two years after diagnosis(1), patients continue to be diagnosed late. |
Artificial Lung Saves Transplant Patient Transplant surgeons have successfully used an external artificial lung to keep a dying patient alive while they waited for donated lungs to become available, the Toronto surgical team announced Wednesday. |
PH Victim - I Thought I'd be dead within two years - by Don Harrison - the Province- Vancouver, BC Elizabeth McCall has been mistaken for a meter maid and a parcel courier. Unfortunately, she can't do either -- but not for a lack of skills. The 40-year-old woman's heart's just not in it, literally. Want to know how to help? Here is a link on how to reach your local member of parliament now! |