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I'm Aware That I'm Rare: the phaware® podcast

A new podcast series devoted to raising global pulmonary hypertension awareness with dynamic stories from PH patients, caregivers and medical professionals from around the world. New Episodes every Tuesday!

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Lana Melendres-Groves, MD - phaware® interview 593

Oct 7, 2026


The Impact of Exercise and Fitness on Improving Patient Outcomes

Pulmonary hypertension patients are often handed powerful medications, but rarely something just as transformative: movement. Dr. Lana Melendres-Groves reveals a shocking truth that fewer than half of PH patients are ever referred to pulmonary rehab,...


Oct 6, 2026

The Impact of Exercise and Fitness on Improving Patient Outcomes

Pulmonary hypertension patients are often handed powerful medications, but rarely something just as transformative: movement. Dr. Lana Melendres-Groves reveals a shocking truth that fewer than half of PH patients are ever referred to pulmonary rehab,...


Wendy Mercado - phaware® interview 592

Sep 30, 2026

A Mom of Three, a Hidden Killer, and the Specialist Who Saved Her

Balancing life as a full-time teacher, wife, and mother of three, PAH patient, Wendy Mercado, put herself last until her body forced her to stop. After years of bouncing between doctors and medications, a PH specialist finally sat down, drew her heart...


Sep 29, 2026

A Mom of Three, a Hidden Killer, and the Specialist Who Saved Her

Balancing life as a full-time teacher, wife, and mother of three, PAH patient, Wendy Mercado, put herself last until her body forced her to stop. After years of bouncing between doctors and medications, a PH specialist finally sat down, drew her heart on...


Jenn Lalonde - phaware® interview 591

Sep 23, 2026

23 Years of Survival and Still Fighting the Darkness No One Sees

Surviving a rare disease isn’t always heroic. Sometimes it’s depression, isolation, and wondering if you’re even “sick enough” to deserve the label anymore. Canadian pulmonary hypertension patient, Jenn Lalonde, battles imposter syndrome on her...