Nutrition & Diet

04 May Key Nutrients for COPD

Posted at 07:07h in COPD Research, Nutrition & Diet 0 Comments

Peter Kendall, a reader of our blog who hails from Australia, posted a comment to our post, “Nutrition and COPD:...

06 Apr Life Hacks For The COPD Patient: 8 Ways To Eat To Help With Your COPD

Posted at 05:28h in COPD Research, Nutrition & Diet 1 Comment

We write frequently in this blog about ways you can improve your quality of life as you deal with COPD,...

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...

07 Jul 7 Non-Drug Treatments for COPD

Posted at 06:51h in COPD Research, Exercise & Pulm Rehab, Nutrition & Diet, Other Lung Therapies 1 Comment

In addition to the many beneficial drugs that are available for the treatment of COPD, there are several effective non-drug...

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/.