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Pulmonary Fibrosis…
it takes your breath away…
A Texas Non-Profit Organization
 
Pilot Study of Losartan Potassium in Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  POSTED: Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Objectvies
  • Evaluate the effects of losartan potassium on disease progression in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
  • Determine the safety of this drug in these patients.
- Find out more


Genetic Discovery Published in New England Journal of Medicine, Co-Author Joins the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Staff
  POSTED: Sunday, May 1, 2011

CHICAGO, April 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) has appointed respiratory therapist and certified clinical research coordinator, Dolly Kervitsky, RCP, CCRC, as Vice President of Patient Relations. Ms. Kervitsky leaves leadership positions at National Jewish Health (NJH) where she served as the Program Manager for the Interstitial and Autoimmune Lung Disease Program and founded the Genetic Counseling Program for Familial Pulmonary Fibrosis.
 
"Dolly Kervitsky is a well-known leader and investigator in the world of interstitial lung disease and has worked with the Foundation since 2009 when she joined our Medical Advisory Board," said Daniel M. Rose, MD, President and CEO. "We are thrilled to have Ms. Kervitsky join us. I am confident that she will provide superior leadership for our patient relations and research efforts."
 
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Senator Patty Murray’s Floor Statement in Congress
Introducing S. 3703, the PFREA

  POSTED: Sunday, August 15, 2010

Mr. President, I am pleased to introduce the Pulmonary Fibrosis Research Enhancement Act. Even though pulmonary fibrosis, or PF, kills almost as many people as breast cancer every year, it has not received the attention it deserves.
 
Imagine being told by a doctor that you have a life-threatening disease with no known cure, no consistent standard of care, and no reliable prognosis. Though environmental factors, including occupational exposure to pollutants, are believed to play a role in its onset, PF has no strong demographic profile. In most cases, the doctor can’t even tell you what has caused you to get sick. That is exactly the situation faced by the 48,000 people who are diagnosed with PF every year in the United States.
 
- Read the Full Bill
- Track the Progress of the Bill


Struggling to Breath with Pulmonary Fibrosis
  POSTES: Sunday, August 15, 2010

Dr. Nancy Snyderman and NBC's Robert Bazell of NBC's TODAY Show diseases IPF in an interview with California patient Bob O'Rourke, who suffers from the disease and will die from it unless he receives a lung transplant in time.
 

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Blue Shirt Friday Campaign
  UPDATED: Monday, August 9, 2010

Mike Blazer of Alabama and other patients need your support, get your shirt today. Watch Mike's Interview that aired on a local TV Station.
 

  POSTED: Monday, February 1, 2010


 
The Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis, The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation and the Pulmonary Fibrosis Association of Texas today announced the launch of a special, grassroots campaign to build increased national awareness of Pulmonary Fibrosis (PF). "Blue Shirt Friday" is the first combined national effort by the three nonprofit organizations that each focus on the fight for treatments and a cure for the fatal lung disease that takes as many lives each year as breast cancer ...
 
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3rd Annual Golf Tournament
  POSTED: Monday, January 5, 2010

The Pulmonary Fibrosis Association of Texas, Inc. conducted its 3rd annual golf tournament on November 9, 2009 at the Walden on Lake Houston Country Club. The tournament was a fun and successful event for the organization. A special thanks goes out to all of our sponsors.
 
Walden On Lake Houston Contry club
Anonymous Gold Sponsor Anonymous H.I.O Sponsor Conroe Golf Cars - H.I.O. Sponsor
P. Mancini Cooking Team Waleed & Gina Shayib Administaff
Dr. Robert Dernick Stibbs & Co. Curtis & Mary Smith
Gene & Paula Campbell LLC Jan Orndorff Humble Camera Center
Kingwood Urgent Care 1st National Bank - Livingston Church St. Financial Services
Compass Bank - Kingwood Tour 18 Brown's Golf World
Old Mcdonald's Chili's Academy
 
Check out pictures from the tournament


 

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