In this episode I talk with Dr. Saketkoo, she is director and founder of New Orleans Scleroderma and Sarcoidosis Patient Care and Research Center. She is a clinical researcher recognized for her work in clinical trial design, in identifying patients' priorities in life-threatening autoimmune illness including pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary fibrosis, and developing research tools with patients including targeting self-management strategies with yoga, dance and singing for lung health rehabilitation as well as mindfulness practices. She is currently co-director/co-founder of UMC Comprehensive Pulmonary Hypertension Center and Interstitial Lung Disease Clinic Programs with Louisiana State University and Tulane University Schools of Medicine. In 2018, she was honored with Doctor of the Year from the Scleroderma Foundation.
Our focus today is on the importance of exercise. Dr. Saketkoo goes into scientific detail on how exercise helps our body.