Wednesday, February 15, 2012

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Jane M. Martin, BA, LRT, CRT

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Respiratory Therapist, COPD educator and author
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Understanding and Using your COPD Medications – Part I

When I ask patients what their inhalers do, they almost always respond by saying, “They open up my lungs.” Yes, that’s true. But what’s really important to know - and understand – about COPD medications is that there are different types of medications that open the airways in different ways. This might sound kind of... Read moreChevron
posted 02/13/2012, comments (0)|
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Kathi MacNaughton

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Living with Asthma
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Is There an At Home Spirometer in Your Future?

One of the ways a doctor can decide if you have COPD is to perform lung function testing. One of the devices used for this is something you breathe into called a spirometer.   Spirometers measure airflow and how well lungs are working. When you breathe into this device, it measures the amount of air you are breathing in and out, as well as... Read moreChevron
posted 02/12/2012, comments (0)|
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Nutrition and COPD - When Keeping Weight ON Is a Problem

A while back, I talked about how to eat healthy to avoid gaining too much weight when COPD makes it hard to stay active and burn calories. But many people who have COPD actually have the opposite problem -- keeping weight on.   As your disease progresses and makes breathing ever more difficult, you can find that the mere act of eating a... Read moreChevron
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Kathi MacNaughton

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RN health writer & family caregiver for a person living with COPD
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New Blood Test May Detect COPD Much Earlier Than Traditional Diagnostic Methods

COPD/Emphysema often goes undiagnosed, sometimes for years, after it actually starts to cause damage to the airways and lungs. As the third leading cause of death in the United States, this is problematic.   When COPD is not diagnosed and treated, damage to the lungs can occur that could have been prevented or at least slowed down. And that... Read moreChevron
posted 05/05/2011, comment (1)|
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Harder To Quit Smoking Than Quit Drinking?

It's been said that quitting smoking is harder than quitting alcohol, cocaine, and other addictions. As a recovered alcoholic and a former smoker, I can tell you from first-hand experience that this was true (at least for me). It was much harder for me to quit smoking than it was for me to quit drinking.   Once I admitted I was powerless... Read moreChevron
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