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PHA Congressional Luncheon Coming on November 15th!
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Recent Advances in Pulmonary Artery Hypertension
October 13, 2007
Manhasset, NY
This FREE CME course is intended for cardiologists, pulmonologists, internists, family practitioners, rheumatologists, nurses and all allied health care professionals who have direct responsibility for, or interest in, pulmonary hypertension patients.
4th Annual Ga PHA Fun Walk for a Cure
Saturday, October 27, 2007
11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Drake Field, Peachtree City, Georgia
The UCSD Medical Center Pulmonary Hypertension Program One-Mile Walk for PAH Saturday, November 3, 2007
A route around UCSD Medical Center/Thornton Hospital, La Jolla, CA
Oldies concert for a Cure!
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Please join us for a fun afternoon of Doo Wop music, dancing and prizes with Chelsea: one of the great DooWop bands in the New York City area!
3:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M.
McCaffrey Hall, Holy Cross Church
329 West 42nd Street New York, New York
7th Annual Stanford Race Against PH
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Southwest Florida PH Symposium
Friday, November 9, 2007
Hyatt in Sarasota, Fla.
Doctors Hospital of Sarasota, Florida
Featuring Dr. Michael Poon from Cabrini Medical Center in New York City and five other top PH doctors. This event is open to doctors and medical staff. Patients and caregivers are welcome as well.
Southwest Florida Escape to Vegas Dinner Fundraiser
Friday, November 9, 2007
Hyatt of Sarasota
6 pm
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| Vol 8 /Number 20 |
October 10, 2007 |
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PHA Congressional Luncheon
Coming on November 15th!
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THE 2007 PH RESOURCE NETWORK SYMPOSIUM IS NEARLY HERE! |
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Online registration now closed
This week 400 allied health care professionals working in the field of PH will come together for the 3rd biennial PH Resource Network Symposium. Online registration for the event is now closed, but allied health professionals interested in attending still can! There will be onsite registration at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia, at the following times:
· Thursday, October 11 from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm
· Friday, October 12 from 7:00 am to 12:00 pm
Travel scholarships are still available for eligible registrants who have not already received a free registration, courtesy of the Eli Lilly and Company Symposium Travel Fund.
For questions about onsite registration or travel scholarships, please visit www.phassociation.org/PHRN/symposium/register.asp. |
| PATIENTS: HELP US GET YOUR MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS ON THE TREADMILL |
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PH community members - here's some important and valuable information we would like you to share with your doctor.
This year at the CHEST convention, a conference for cardiologists and pulmonologists, in Chicago, Ill., on October 20-25, Gilead will host the "Walk for PAH" to help raise money for programs and services supported by PHA. For each step on one of their treadmills, Gilead will donate $0.20 to PHA. As an added bonus, Gilead will double the per-step contribution to $0.40 for each participant who preregisters at www.my-nextstep.com. At that rate, it's $120 for PHA for a brisk 3-minute walk! The contributions will add up fast!
Please ask your doctors to sign up and go to Gilead's booth at the CHEST convention - # 929. Thank you for your support. |
| UPCOMING EDUCATIONAL EVENTS FOR MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS |
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Through our new Building Medical Education in PH program, the Pulmonary Hypertension Association is partnering with PH Centers to promote CME educational events geared toward physicians and allied healthcare providers.
Upcoming events include:
October 13, 2007 - Manhasset, NY
Recent Advances in Pulmonary Artery Hypertension
November 9, 2007 - Sarasota, Fla. Gulfcoast Pulmonary Hypertension Seminar Contact Gail Bucci at 941-531-4532 or gailbucci@aol.com
November 16 & 17, 2007 - Cleveland, Ohio
Pulmonary Hypertension Summit 2007
November 30, 2007 - Boston, Mass.
5th Annual Update in Pulmonary Hypertension
If you would like to partner with PHA in promoting your next CME event, please contact Jessica Hardy, Meetings Planner, at 301-565-3004 x128 or meetings@PHAssociation.org. |
| MANY STEP UP TO PRODUCE UPDATE OF A PATIENT'S SURVIVAL GUIDE |
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An update to Pulmonary Hypertension: A Patient's Survival Guide has just arrived in PHA's office. The guide is the brainchild of Gail Boyer Hayes, who worked on the first three complete editions of the guide. Responsibility for updating the guide has now been taken over by a team of medical experts led by Dr. Ron Oudiz and supported by groups of non-MD medical professionals and patient writers, as well as PHA staff. We plan to issue two updates to the guide each year, ensuring that the guide remains relevant and up-to-date for PH patients in the U.S. and around the world.
The latest version - Third edition, Revised September 2007 - includes a revised Medications Chart, resources chapter, and a list of international PH associations. To order a copy of the new Survival Guide, click here or call 301-565-3004. |
 PH STORIES IN THE NEWS |
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A New Take on Life - Rossville Woman Looks to Live with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
From the Journal & Courier, Lafayette - West Lafayette, Indiana
When Cindy Haan started feeling constantly exhausted and easily out of breath early last year, she assumed it was related to her busy schedule as a working mother of three.
But as her symptoms progressed - to weakness and numbness in her legs and the inability to go up stairs or to the mailbox without taking a break - Haan started to realize something more serious was going on.
To view article click here
Encysive Taking Next Step With Thelin
As reported in the Houston Business Journal, Encysive Pharmaceuticals Inc. is moving ahead with the Phase III study of its pulmonary arterial hypertension drug, Thelin.
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COOKIN' UP A CURE HOUSE PARTIES |
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New PHA House Party Guide Received with Enthusiasm!
Several PHA Support Group Leaders were the first to receive PHA's new house parties guide, Cookin' Up a Cure and their response has been nothing short of enthusiastic. Here's what one leader had to say: "I just have to thank you. What a beautiful, beautiful house party guide! Cookin' up a Cure is very, very nice, and very do-able. I think we'll try one in January or February. I still have to talk to the "chief cook and bottle washer" (my husband)! Tell whoever put this guide together that she, or her team, did a terrific job."
House parties only require one or two people to make them happen and can be as grand or intimate as the host wants.
PHA's Cookin' Up a Cure House Party Guide features ideas for educating family and friends and raising funds to fight PH right from the host's own home. The guide gives advice on how every individual can make a difference using their kitchen table, backyard or living room!
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