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Health Encyclopedia: Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease Complications

Complications

In 2002, chronic obstructive lung disease was responsible for 120,000 deaths. COLD costs in the U.S. in 2004 reached $37.2 billion. It is the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S., and its death rates are increasing. Some evidence suggests that these death rates may be higher than current estimates, because COLD patients are at greater risk for life-threatening conditions, notably heart attack and pulmonary embolism.

Chronic obstructive lung disease is progressive; however, when ...

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Step By Step – The Osteoporosis Diagnosis

By PJ Hamel , Health Expert

What’s usually the first symptom of osteoporosis?A broken bone.Sadly, most of us don’t realize... Read more »

Osteoporosis Warning Sign?

By Lila de Tantillo , Health Expert

Though I'm still a couple decades away from taking a bone density scan (I hope!), I had a worrying... Read more »

Depression and Osteoporosis Linked in Women

By Teri Robert , Health Expert

Commenting on a recent study, National Institute of Mental Health Deputy Director Richard... Read more »

Depression and Osteoporosis Linked in Women

By Teri Robert , Health Expert

Studies have confirmed that Migraine disease and major depressive disorder (clinical depression)... Read more »

What you need to Know about Osteoporosis if you have Multiple Sclerosis

By Merely Me , Health Expert

The main thing you need to know is that you are more at risk for Osteoporosis if you are a woman... Read more »

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Health Guide

Acid Reflux Causes

CausesAnyone who a large amount of acidic foods can have mild and temporary heartburn. This is especially true when lifting, bending over, or taking a nap after eating a large meal high in fatty,... Read more »

Uterine Fibroids and Hysterectomy: Hysterectomy

HysterectomyHysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus and is the second most frequently performed surgery in premenopausal women (Cesarean sections are first). About 600,000 hysterectomies... Read more »

Endometriosis: Hysterectomy

HysterectomyHysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus and is the second most frequently performed surgery in premenopausal women. (Cesarean sections are first.) About 600,000 hysterectomies... Read more »

Alcoholism: Complications

Alcoholism reduces life expectancy by 10 - 12 years. Next to smoking, it is the most common preventable cause of death in America. Although studies indicate that adults who drink... Read more »

Vitamins: Dietary Health Benefits

Dietary Health BenefitsThe benefits of any dietary factors are very difficult to prove, and, to date, there is no hard evidence that any supplement protects against any major disease. Studies on... Read more »

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Osteoporosis and Loss of Height

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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Osteoporosis is not just a disease women get. Over the next 15 years, osteoporosis is expected to increase in men by roughly 50... Read summary »

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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A large-scale study confirms what some migraine sufferers have suspected for years; the weather can play a role in their... Read summary »

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