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Earls restaurant October 31, 2006 – White Rock BC - Halloween Party to raise awareness and fund raiser for Pulmonary Hypertension Royal Jubilee Hospital Information booth: Nov. 2 & 3 Nanaimo Region General Hospital Information booth: 11:30 - 4:00 Nov. 15 & 16 West Coast General – Port Alberni Hospital Information booth: Nov. 20 & 21 Foundary Bay Pub Nov. 25 – Nanaimo BC – Fundraiser for BCPHS hosted by Camosun PH Society Vancouver General Hospital Nov. 27 PH Support Group meeting Vancouver General Hospital Display Table in Jimmy Pattison Pavillion, 12th Floor 12th Annual Funspiel March 18, 2006 Pulmonary Hypertension Annual Symposium March 25, 2006
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| IN THE NEWS NOW.................. |
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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! |