BECHTELSVILLE, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- Most of us take breathing for granted. But with pulmonary fibrosis, patients lose that despite the best medical efforts. That outcome is on the verge of change.

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis stands as one of medicine’s most challenging respiratory conditions, gradually transforming healthy lung tissue into stiff, scarred material that severely compromises ...

Because evidence gaps in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis research hinder demonstration of antifibrotic therapies’ impact on patient quality of life (QOL), integrating validated health-related QOL ...

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Patients with pulmonary fibrosis from the poorest areas had more severe symptoms by the time they saw a hospital doctor and had a poorer survival rate than those living in wealthier areas, according ...