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.
About 50,000 each year are diagnosed with this condition. Most people diagnosed with IPF are between the ages of 40 and 70, although this disease can occur in people from infancy to old age. About two-thirds of people diagnosed are over the age of 60, and the average age of diagnosis is 66 years old. IPF seems to affect males more than females. It does not seem to favor one race or ethnicity over another, and it is a disease reported in people throughout the world.