Loma Linda VA's Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program is Recertified

The Department of Veterans Affairs Loma Linda healthcare system’s Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program has received three-year recertification from the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation.

The Loma Linda program has been certified since 2003, VA officials said.  This program cares for Veterans with lung diseases, including Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or COPD, and pulmonary fibrosis.

The eight-week program uses breathing techniques, exercise and education about lung disease to help patients improve their quality of life, VA officials said.