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Talk with your health care provider before starting any new exercise routine to make sure that it is safe and appropriate for you.

People with IPF and PF can experience increasing shortness of breath and cough. These symptoms may lead to a progressive decline in physical activities and social isolation, and worsening breathlessness, fatigue, and mood disorders including depression and anxiety. Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) has been found to improve physical function, breathlessness (dyspnea), mood and quality of life in people with IPF and other types of pulmonary fibrosis (PF). Pulmonary rehabilitation includes exercise training, education on managing your disease, and learning how to develop behavior change strategies and stick with healthy behaviors.

Products that promise a natural cure for pulmonary fibrosis (PF) do not have scientific data to support their claims. Learn more about the clinical research process for new PF therapies.

Survival after a lung transplant depends on your situation. Learn more about lung transplantation.

Palliative care simply means treating symptoms of the disease. It is not the same as hospice care, which is a specific type of palliative care. Learn more about palliative care.

Most people with pulmonary fibrosis can and should exercise. Pulmonary rehabilitation can help patients get started. Learn more about exercising with PF.

Tom Frey witnessed first hand the attacks of September 11, 2001. Tom reflects on the long-lasting trauma of not only living through the attack on New York City but also the impact on the health of those at Ground Zero.

Currently, stem cell therapy is not a proven treatment for pulmonary fibrosis and may cause serious harm. Learn more about the status of stem cell therapy and pulmonary fibrosis.

No one can predict exactly how long a person with pulmonary fibrosis (PF) will live. Learn more about the PF life expectancy figures you may have seen.