Recovery / Support Groups for Lung Disease Patients and Their Families
Discover important patient information about recovering from a lung disease and the many resources and support groups for lung disease patients and their families. Learn what support groups are available and get tips on how to cope with recovery.
About Lung Diseases Forum
The purpose of the About Lung Diseases Forum is to provide a positive, happy, and healthy environment where people who suffer from a lung disease or people who have loved ones who suffer from a lung disease can come to get their questions answered, establish a support network, share ideas and advice, and meet new people.
The purpose of the About Lung Diseases Forum is to provide a positive, happy, and healthy environment where people who suffer from a lung disease or people who have loved ones who suffer from a lung disease can come to get their questions answered, establish a support network, share ideas and advice, and meet new people.
Living With Lung Disease - Share Your Story
When diagnosed with a lung disease, many people feel very alone and seek support or just a simple connection with others who are going through the same or similar experiences. Find out how you can bring a glimmer of hope or inspiration to others by sharing your story.
When diagnosed with a lung disease, many people feel very alone and seek support or just a simple connection with others who are going through the same or similar experiences. Find out how you can bring a glimmer of hope or inspiration to others by sharing your story.
Providing Emotional Support
Living with lung cancer has many challenges. Coping with those challenges requires a good support system.
Living with lung cancer has many challenges. Coping with those challenges requires a good support system.
Professional Support Services You May Need
People who have had a lung disease agree that no one should have to go it alone. Here is a list of professional support services you may need and information about how each one can help you.
People who have had a lung disease agree that no one should have to go it alone. Here is a list of professional support services you may need and information about how each one can help you.
Emphysema Foundation For Our Right To Survive
You have found the most energetic and comprehensive organization on the web. Be an informed patient. Learn that living with COPD, while a change in lifestyle, is not a death sentence.
You have found the most energetic and comprehensive organization on the web. Be an informed patient. Learn that living with COPD, while a change in lifestyle, is not a death sentence.
Emphysema Support Groups
Find an Emphysema support group in your area.
Find an Emphysema support group in your area.
National Home Oxygen Patients Association (NHOPA)
The National Home Oxygen Patients Association was established in the late 1990's to give the more than one million supplementary oxygen users in the United States the information necessary to lead productive lives.
The National Home Oxygen Patients Association was established in the late 1990's to give the more than one million supplementary oxygen users in the United States the information necessary to lead productive lives.
Alpha-1 Support Groups in the U.S.
Find an Alpha-1 Support group in your area.
Find an Alpha-1 Support group in your area.
COPD International
COPD International is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to provide information and interactive support for COPD patients, caregivers, and families.
COPD International is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to provide information and interactive support for COPD patients, caregivers, and families.
COPD Support, Inc.
COPD Support provides support and a forum for sharing ideas and solutions in dealing with COPD.
COPD Support provides support and a forum for sharing ideas and solutions in dealing with COPD.
National Lung Health Education Program
The National Lung Health Education Program (NLHEP), was initiated in 1996 as a new healthcare initiative designed to increase awareness of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) among the public and health care professionals and to encourage the use of simple spirometry to make an early diagnosis and monitor ongoing treatment.
The National Lung Health Education Program (NLHEP), was initiated in 1996 as a new healthcare initiative designed to increase awareness of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) among the public and health care professionals and to encourage the use of simple spirometry to make an early diagnosis and monitor ongoing treatment.
ARDS Support Center
Education, care, support, and communication for patients, survivors, families, friends, medical personnel, and others affected by and/or interested in ARDS is provided.
Education, care, support, and communication for patients, survivors, families, friends, medical personnel, and others affected by and/or interested in ARDS is provided.
Pulmonary Education and Research Foundation (PERF)
PERF, The Pulmonary Education and Research Foundation, is a small but vigorous non-profit foundation. We are dedicated to providing help for those with chronic respiratory disease through education, research and information.
PERF, The Pulmonary Education and Research Foundation, is a small but vigorous non-profit foundation. We are dedicated to providing help for those with chronic respiratory disease through education, research and information.
ARDS Survivor Stories
Struggling with ARDS? You're not alone. Read stories and email ARDS survivors, or add your own story.
Struggling with ARDS? You're not alone. Read stories and email ARDS survivors, or add your own story.
ARDS Survivor Registry
The ARDS Foundation is working with physicians to establish a registry of survivors of ARDS. If you have not yet signed up, please help to establish a reliable means of determining the number of individuals, men, women, and children, who have survived ARDS.
The ARDS Foundation is working with physicians to establish a registry of survivors of ARDS. If you have not yet signed up, please help to establish a reliable means of determining the number of individuals, men, women, and children, who have survived ARDS.