Latest pulmonary fibrosis Stories

Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation On Course to Achieve Major 2011 Initiatives CHICAGO, Sept. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) is pleased to announce that it has received an official endorsement from the American Thoracic Society (ATS) for its upcoming scientific conference, IPF Summit 2011: From Bench to Bedside, taking place on December 1-3, 2011, in Chicago, Illinois. "We are proud to have an ATS endorsement for the Summit," says Daniel M. Rose,...

Ninth Annual National Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Week Sept. 18-24 CULVER CITY, Calif., Sept. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Doris Lowenthal planned to be on Capitol Hill this week. As a member of the Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis' (CPF) Pulmonary Fibrosis (PF) Awareness Week volunteer team, she was scheduled for more than 60 meetings with members of Congress and staff members. She prepared just what she wanted to say to them to gain their compassion and their co-sponsorship of a...

American Thoracic Society and Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis Partner to Raise Awareness, Help Patients, Move Legislation on Capitol Hill WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Thoracic Society (ATS) and the Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis (CPF) are holding two weeks of national awareness efforts (September 13-18 and Sept. 18-24 respectively) to bring attention to a lethal lung disease that claims as many American lives each year as breast cancer - yet is...

Mercury Insurance Open's Kitty Winterhalter Lopez Recently Diagnosed with Pulmonary Fibrosis CARLSBAD, Calif., Aug. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Kitty Winterhalter has long helped professional tennis tournaments become successful. This year, she's asking a pro tennis tournament to help her. Winterhalter, who has spent many years as an amateur tennis player, has worked 20 years with the San Diego event now called the Mercury Insurance Open. The Open is being held this week in...

Landmark Bill Introduced in Senate and House Would Create National Patient Registry, Increase Public Awareness of Lethal Lung Disease WASHINGTON, July 12, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis (CPF) announced today the Pulmonary Fibrosis Research Enhancement Act (PFREA) has been introduced in the Senate by Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Mike Crapo (R-ID) in the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Erik Paulsen (R-MN) and Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI). The PFREA...

Landmark Legislation Will Coordinate and Expand National Research on Pulmonary Fibrosis CHICAGO, July 12, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) announced today the re-introduction of the Pulmonary Fibrosis Research Enhancement Act (PFREA). Bi-partisan Lead Sponsors, Senators Christopher Coons (D-DE), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Michael Crapo (R-ID), and Patty Murray (D-WA) and Representatives Erik Paulson (R, MN-3) and Tammy Baldwin (D, WI-2) made the announcement...

Guy Junker and Stan Savran to Help Launch the First Violet Rippy 5K Walk/Run for the Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis PITTSBURGH, June 29, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Former SPORTSBEAT Co-Hosts Guy Junker and Stan Savran will reunite to host the first Violet Rippy 5K Walk/Run for Pulmonary Fibrosis. The event will be held at the North Shore Riverfront Park in Pittsburgh on Saturday, August 13, 2011 and will benefit the Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis (CPF). Junker and Savran, both...

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Not much is known about the fatal lung diseases pulmonary fibrosis and interstitial pneumonia. That may change in the near future. Researchers have identified a genetic variation that increases a person's risk of developing pulmonary fibrosis, and in the process, they have uncovered a possible cause for the disease.Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and familial interstitial pneumonia (FIP) are fatal lung diseases in which progressive scarring of the lungs prevent...

Genetic Variant Associated with MUC5B Gene ID's Major Risk Factor, Points Research in New Direction CULVER CITY, Calif., April 21, 2011/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new discovery in a deadly lung disease may change the direction of research while uncovering increased risk for many patients and families. The Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis (CPF) and the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) applaud the efforts of scientists that led to the discovery of a genetic variation associated with the...

A team led by researchers at National Jewish Health has discovered a new genetic variation that increases the risk of developing pulmonary fibrosis by 7 to 22 times. The researchers report in the April 21, 2011, issue of The New England Journal of Medicine that nearly two-thirds of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis or familial interstitial pneumonia carry the genetic variation. It is associated with the MUC5B gene, which codes for a mucus-forming protein."This discovery not...