Chronic Pulmonary Diseases
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August 07, 2009
Expert & Community Posts
Cleaning up the System to Afford Care for Chronic Conditions
By Nancy Muller , Health Expert...impacted significantly today by the continuing rise in chronic illnesses. According to the... Read more »
Risk Factors for Prolapse
By Nancy Muller , Health Expert...aging, hormonal status, obesity and weight gain, chronic pulmonary disease and smoking, genetic... Read more »
New Research: 10 More Reasons to Stop Smoking
By David Kaufman, M.D. , Health Expert...leads to fewer hospitalizations among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease... Read more »
Smoking is a starting point for COPD, stroke, lung cancer, heart disease
By David Kaufman, M.D. , Health Expert...lung disease, causing the overwhelming majority of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD,... Read more »
COPD: A Little Treatment Helps a Lot
By Craig Stoltz , Health ExpertA new study suggests people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease can stay out of the... Read more »
Health Guide
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a group of lung diseases that cause swelling of theairways. Emphysema and chronic bronchitis are the most common forms of COPD. ... Read more »Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
COPD; Chronic obstructive airway disease; Chronic obstructive lung disease Prevention Avoidance of smoking prevents COPD. Early recognition and treatment of small... Read more »Lung disease
...flow caused by a narrowing or blockage of the airways, which can occur with asthma, emphysema, and chronic bronchitis. Restrictive lung disease -- a decrease in the total volume of air that... Read more »Cor pulmonale
...to properly pump against these abnormally high pressures, this is called cor pulmonale. Almost any chronic lung disease or condition causing prolonged low blood oxygen can lead to cor pulmonale.... Read more »Spontaneous pneumothorax
...primary spontaneous pneumothorax. Secondary spontaneous pneumothorax most often occurswith chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Other lung diseases commonly... Read more »
Medications
...by ongoing lung disease (e.g., asthma, emphysema, chronic bronchitis). Theophylline belongs to a... Read more »
...Ipratropium is used to treat lung diseases such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema. It relaxes... Read more »
...breathing caused by ongoing lung disease (such as asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema).... Read more »
...Ipratropium is used to treat lung diseases such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema. It relaxes... Read more »
...breath caused by ongoing breathing problems (e.g., chronic obstructive pulmonary disease-COPD,... Read more »
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March 27, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study may help doctors determine who is a good candidate for an implanted defibrillator -- and who is not. Data collected... Read summary »
Corticosteroids Linked to Pneumonia
January 09, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Inhaling corticosteroids to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may cause pneumonia, a new study shows. The lung... Read summary »
Oxidative Stress Behind Lung Problems
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Early Rehab for COPD
May 29, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Time is of the essence -- at least for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). According to a new study,... Read summary »
Childhood lung disease ups mortality risk in adulthood
October 03, 2008Adults who suffered from lung diseases such as bronchitis, asthma, and pneumonia as children are at increased risk of illness and death later in... Read summary »
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