Because certain IPF and post-transplant medications can cause sun sensitivity, skin protection is crucial, says columnist Sam Kirton.

A Texas researcher received a $219,000 NIH grant to study the potential of a treatment for radiation-induced pulmonary ...

Over the coming months, the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation's 2025 PFF Walk will aim to raise more than $1 million for the ...

Being diagnosed in January 2017 with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and learning that the disease is chronic, progressive, and incurable was a lot for one day. Of course, I wanted a cure or ...

Esbriet (pirfenidone) is an oral treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) that is known to decrease inflammation by reducing the synthesis of a pro-inflammatory molecule called transforming ...

Patients were assigned randomly to receive either 30 or 60 mg of the therapy, or a placebo, taken twice a day, for about six months. Background use of antifibrotics or select immunosuppressive ...

My chronic illness also prevents me from achieving milestones that my peers are having. For my age, young adulthood, these typically include engagements, weddings, and starting a family. Even if IPF ...

The BEACON-IPF (NCT06097260) trial was assessing whether once-daily doses of bexotegrast (160 mg or 320 mg) could improve lung function in about 360 IPF patients, ages 40 and older, when compared with ...

According to the presented results, patients treated with ENV-101 saw a significant improvement in lung function, with a mean increase of 1.9% in percent predicted forced vital capacity (ppFVC) and a ...