Since October is Healthy Lung Month, let’s take a look at a few ways you can better care for your lungs. After all, chronic lower…
Chronic illness
Four guides for living with chronic illness
Having the right doctor or specialist makes a huge difference when you’re managing a chronic illness. But one person can’t accomplish all the work required…
Your tips for getting started with chronic illness
A few months ago, we asked our social media followers to share your best tips for getting started with chronic illness, using the hashtag #chronicillness101….
Hurricane relief resources
This season of strong hurricanes and tropical storms has uprooted the lives and routines of hundreds of thousands of people in the southeastern U.S. and…
Fashion, style and beauty with chronic illness
A diagnosis changes a lot of things about daily life. One aspect many aren’t prepared for is how it impacts beauty and personal style. Check…
Three ways to support someone with HD
To help you take part in Huntington’s Disease (HD) Awareness Month in May—and all year long—we’ve compiled some ways to support HD awareness and those…
Making sense of complementary or alternative health
Complementary or alternative health options can be valuable supplements to managing a chronic illness. But certain techniques touted as natural or alternative medicine aren’t backed…
10 ideas for a quick mental health boost
Need a quick mental health boost? Try one or more of these science-backed strategies. Practice this calming breathing technique. How you breathe impacts your nervous…
Prepared patient checklist
When living with chronic illness, especially a rare and life-threatening one, doctor visits are frequent and part of the routine. To be your best advocate,…
Healing attitude in PH
Lisa Skeeters Lisa Skeeters explains how a close-knit group of friends is the best medicine for her pulmonary hypertension. I was born with a congenital…
Walking with a purpose
80-year-old Don Stevenson has walked 4,000 miles, raising funds and awareness for pulmonary hypertension. Last summer, 79-year-old Don Stevenson trekked 3,000 miles from Auburn, Wash.,…
Debt, investing and saving when money is tight
Common financial advice doesn’t always apply for those with low incomes, high out-of-pocket medical costs or disabilities that make working difficult—especially when it comes to…
Sisters use advocacy, awareness to fight back against PH
Alex Flipse was diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension in 1998. Her sister, Debbie Drell, has been her primary caregiver for six years. Since 2004, Debbie has…
Still smiling through pulmonary hypertension
Despite having lupus and pulmonary hypertension, Dwaine Kuhar is still moving, smiling, loving life, and making long term plans. She encourages others to do the…
Learning to Live with Pulmonary Hypertension
48-year-old Mari Jackson had worked since the age of 12. But last year, a diagnosis of pulmonary arterial hypertension forced her to slow down and…