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Winnipeg City News - Raising Awareness for an incurable lung disease
Click here to watch Ella's interview on Winnipeg City News --------- After getting a second lease on life following a successful lung...
PHA Canada
Nov 13, 20231 min read
The Path to Reconciliation
Each year, September 30 marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The day honours survivors of the residential school system,...
PHA Canada
Sep 27, 20232 min read


Canada Disability Benefit Act: Advancing Financial Independence for Individuals with Disabilities
Bill C-22, the Canada Disability Benefit Act, has become law, marking a significant milestone for people with disabilities in Canada....
PHA Canada
Jun 28, 20231 min read


Patients at the Boardroom Table: Dr. Sanjay Mehta Interviews Retiring Board Chair Nicole Dempsey
This is a big year, marking 15 years of inspiration with PHA Canada. This week we are honoured to get to celebrate this milestone in...
Nicole Dempsey, Patient
Jun 4, 20231 min read
PHA Canada Welcomes Federal Government Investment to Support Access to Rare Disease Drugs
The Pulmonary Hypertension Association of Canada Welcomes Federal Government Investment to Support Access to Rare Disease Drugs...
PHA Canada
Apr 16, 20232 min read


End-Of-Life Doulas
There is a rapidly growing end-of-life or death doula movement across Canada. Over the last five years, there has been a significant...
Members of the Death Doula Ontario Network
Feb 26, 20233 min read
Nova Scotia Formulary Update - February 2023
Nova Scotia published an update to their Formulary, click here to read it
PHA Canada
Jan 31, 20231 min read
PEI made Opsumit available through Public Funding
We are excited to announce that PEI has joined the list of provinces to have taken action and made Opsumit available through public...
PHA Canada
Jan 8, 20231 min read


Vanda's Travel Blog: Part two
We have now returned from our trip west, unloaded the truck and now trying to relax. That isn’t about to happen with my aging parents and...
Vanda McLean, Patient
Oct 26, 20222 min read


Vanda's Travel Blog: Part One
Summer 2022, and things are opening up after being shut down by the COVID pandemic. Although COVID is certainly not over, more people...
Vanda McLean, Patient
Oct 23, 20223 min read


The Canada Disability Benefit and PH
The Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) was first introduced as Bill C-35, and was originally tabled in June, 2021. Due to the 2021 federal...
Deb McCoy, Patient
Aug 2, 20222 min read


What Is Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn?
That any of us survive nine months in the womb is amazing. The level of oxygen available to a developing baby in the uterus is equivalent...
Saeid Maghsoudi, Research
Jun 8, 20224 min read


PH is a full-time job
No matter where you are on your journey, pulmonary hypertension (PH) takes up a lot of time. Between doctors’ visits, the tests they...
Kaitlyn Salonga, Patient
Apr 21, 20224 min read


Want to improve your heart health? Get more sleep.
You have probably always been told to sleep at least eight hours a night, but people with pulmonary hypertension (PH) know that their...
Miriam Bergeret, MSc, Research
Feb 8, 20223 min read


Life In Purple During A Pandemic: A COVID-19 update
By Dr. Sanjay Mehta, MDCM, FRCPC Founding Board Member, Eternal PHriend, Director & Past-Chair, PHA Canada Director, Southwest Ontario PH...
Dr. Sanjay Mehta
Jan 26, 20222 min read


Advancement In PH Research
There has been immense progress in the diagnosis and treatment of PH! Research and clinical trials held around the world, much of it here...
Ashok Pandey, Research
Nov 29, 20212 min read
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