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Jane M. Martin

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posted 06/02/2008, comments (0)

Are You an Alpha (A-1AD deficient)?

It was Mary Pierce’s 40th birthday. As she stood in her kitchen that day, her phone rang. It was not a call from a friend to wish her well, but news from her doctor that would change her life. “I was right,” he said. You have this thing called Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency. It’s... Read more Chevron

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posted 05/22/2008, comment (1)

COPD: A Little Treatment Helps a Lot

A new study suggests people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease can stay out of the hospital—and possibly live longer--if they participate in a low-level management program. COPD is the medical name given to “smoker’s lung”: the persistent phlegmy cough and constricted breathing that’s nearly always caused... Read more Chevron

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Jane M. Martin

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posted 05/13/2008, comments (2)

Great News for Travelers with Portable Oxygen!

Imagine traveling by air – spending several hundred dollars on your ticket, then being required to pay an additional fee of $100.00 on each leg of your flight to use something provided by the airline, by mandate – something you already own! Until now, this is what people using oxygen have faced when they fly. But things are about to... Read more Chevron

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David Kaufman, M.D.

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posted 05/06/2008, comments (2)

Pulmonary function tests and lung age: Do you know yours?

In the last post, I discussed COPD and asthma, and how to distinguish them. I introduced the topic of pulmonary function tests, or PFTs. Today, I would like to discuss PFTs in more detail. PFTs allow health care professionals to make the diagnosis of lung disease and to judge how severe it is. PFTs evaluate how well air can flow into and out... Read more Chevron

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posted 05/05/2008, comments (2)

Take Control of Asthma: How one young athlete took back her life – and her sport, part II

Taken from the story, A Winning Season Breathe Better, Live in Wellness: Winning your Battle Over Shortness of Breath ©Copyright Jane M. Martin. Infinity Publishing, 2003 Jennifer Smith, a college student and award-winning tennis player who has asthma, shared her story at our annual asthma education event. Here is the... Read more Chevron

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