Pulmonary Rehabilitation Patient Resources

Click on the following links to find more information about your lung disease, smoking cessation, exercise, nutrition, or current research in which you may be eligible to participate.

Asthma

• Asthma.com
• Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
• Mass General Brigham Asthma Center
• Pollen.com
• Severe Asthma Program

Breathing Exercises

• American Lung Association
• COPD Foundation

Bronchiectasis

• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - "What is Bronchiectasis?"

COPD - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
(Emphysema/Chronic Bronchitis)

• COPD Foundation
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - "What is COPD?"

Cystic Fibrosis

• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - "What is Cystic Fibrosis?"

Exercise

• American Heart Association
• American Lung Association
• Cleveland Clinic COPD Exercise & Activity Guidelines
• COPD Foundation
• Fitness apps for Android and iPhone

General

• American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
• American Lung Association
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - "How the Lungs Work"

Home Oxygen Therapy

• American Thoracic Society
• COPD Foundation
• Federal Aviation Administration approved portable oxygen concentrators
• Medicare oxygen coverage
• National Home Oxygen Patients Association

Lung Cancer

• American Cancer Society
• National Cancer Institute

Lung Transplantation

• Brigham and Women's Hospital - Lung Transplant Program

Nutrition

• American Lung Association
• Brigham and Women's Hospital - Nutrition Counseling Services
• Brigham and Women's Hospital - Weight Management Program
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity
• Cleveland Clinic Nutritional Guidelines for People with COPD
• University of San Francisco Interstitial Lung Disease Nutrition Manual
• United States Department of Agriculture - ChooseMyPlate.gov

Pulmonary Fibrosis

• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - "What is Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis?"
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - "What is Sarcoidosis?"
• Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation

Pulmonary Hypertension

• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - "Pulmonary Hypertension"

Research

• Rally - Mass General Brigham

Sleep Apnea

• American Sleep Apnea Association
• Sleep Education

Smoking Cessation

• American Cancer Society
• American Lung Association
• American Lung Association - Freedom from Smoking Online® Program
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Massachusetts Department of Public Health
• Nicotine Anonymous
• Smokefree.gov