by GAtherton | May 9, 2019 | General interest, Lifestyle and Coping Skills, Living with Aspergillosis, Video
The Irish Lung Fibrosis Association has produced an hour-long video, which takes viewers through yoga exercises suitable for patients with lung fibrosis and other respiratory conditions. Exercise is key to a healthy lifestyle, and can improve quality of life in those...
by GAtherton | Feb 28, 2019 | Information and Learning, Latest research news, Lifestyle and Coping Skills
In last month’s patient meetings here at Wythenshawe Hospital, the topic of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) came up. Some people said it had been useful, some people felt pushed into it, some people felt it was too much and actually made them feel worse instead of...
by GAtherton | Feb 15, 2019 | General interest, Lifestyle and Coping Skills, News archive
There is now a worldwide reference point for air pollution for many pollutants that will irritate the lungs of people with lung disease. Figures for particulates may give some information about fungal spores – in particular PM2.5, but that figure also includes...
by GAtherton | Feb 15, 2019 | General interest, Lifestyle and Coping Skills, News archive
This Hippocratic Post article is aimed at the elderly and of course many of us aren’t getting any younger! We have established that any person with a pulmonary aspergillosis can play a part in maintaining lung function long term by remaining active and...
by GAtherton | Feb 15, 2019 | General interest, Lifestyle and Coping Skills, News archive
In a speech at the Annual Marie Curie Palliative Care Conference 2017 Professor Gunn Grande will talk about better ways that clinicians and healthcare professionals can better care for their patients by engaging with the people who have the most input into the...
by GAtherton | Feb 15, 2019 | General interest, Lifestyle and Coping Skills, News archive
Julia White has published a thought provoking article on her experience of getting her asthma under control with the help of yoga. After several months works she was able to sense an asthma attack coming on and use yoga to relax and calm herself. “I aim to practise...