Heart & Metabolic Heath

11 May Dr. Harry Rossiter Talks About The Benefits of Exercise For COPD Patients

Posted at 06:20h in COPD Research, Exercise & Pulm Rehab, Heart & Metabolic Heath 0 Comments

Recently Dr. Harry Rossiter of the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center gave a talk to the...

27 Apr Pulmonary Hypertension – A Young Woman’s Disease

Posted at 05:34h in Better Breathing, Heart & Metabolic Heath, Other Lung Therapies 0 Comments

This interesting video produced by The American Health Journal talks about a life-threatening condition that affects mostly young women: pulmonary...

27 Oct Fatigue and COPD: Staying Active for Healthy Living

Posted at 05:34h in Better Breathing, COPD Research, Exercise & Pulm Rehab, Heart & Metabolic Heath, Uncategorized 6 Comments

Last week, we shared a video featuring an interview with Harry Rossiter, PhD, FACSM, about a study involving mitochondria in...

20 Oct American Health Journal 4-Minute Interview With Harry Rossiter

Posted at 05:58h in COPD Research, Exercise & Pulm Rehab, Heart & Metabolic Heath, Nutrition & Diet, Videos 1 Comment

In this video interview, Harry Rossiter, PhD, FACSM, who studies exercise physiology, explains about a study being done to measure...

25 Aug Successful Aging

Posted at 05:53h in Better Breathing, Exercise & Pulm Rehab, Heart & Metabolic Heath, Mental Health, Nutrition & Diet, Sleep, Uncategorized 0 Comments

This letter by the late Dr. Thomas Petty was published on the PERF2ndWind website in August of 2005, and the...

The Pulmonary Education and Research Foundation (PERF) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that was formed from a passion to improve the outlook for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), through research into pulmonary rehabilitation and other patient-centered therapies. Over time, this purpose has adapted to include other diseases where shortness-of-breath and exercise intolerance are hallmark symptoms.

PERF publishes a free blog, and responds to reader’s questions and concerns, for those who experience breathing difficulties or exercise limitations.

For more information visit us on the web at https://perf2ndwind.org/.