Paikea = important mythic Maori ancestor of the East Coast tribes, especially the Ngati Porou tribe, of New Zealand's North Island. Various legends say he came from Hawaiki to Aotearoa [New Zealand], riding on the back of a taniwha [whale].
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive disease isolated to the lung. It is a type of interstitial lung disease, which is a group of 200 diseases with similar symptoms but different causes. In IPF, lung tissue becomes scarred.
Two medications, Ofev and Esbriet, were recently fast-tracked for approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Pulmonary fibrosis is a progressive lung disease typically caused by occupational and environmental factors, a response from medications, autoimmune disorders, infections, genetics and other unknown factors.