Saturday, September 12th, 2009
In this segment of my series on Living With COPD I talk about how to breathe with your diaphragm and how it benefits the COPD patient. I also discuss some examples on when and how to use it.Duration : 0:6:0
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Saturday, September 12th, 2009
Does regular marijuana smoking cause COPD, Emphysema and/or Lung Cancer? In part 3, Donald Tashkin, MD examines cancer risk and overall results from his study.
Donald P. Tashkin, MD - Medical Director of the Pulmonary Function Laboratory, Professor of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles.
After 25 years of research, here are ...
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Sunday, September 6th, 2009
The Advertising Council is joining ESPN today to launch a new series of national public service advertisements designed to raise awareness among middle-aged men about the importance of preventive medical testing. The new ads play off concepts created for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare ...
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Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
Does regular marijuana smoking cause COPD, Emphysema and/or Lung Cancer? In part 2, Donald Tashkin, MD examines risk of emphysema.
Donald P. Tashkin, MD - Medical Director of the Pulmonary Function Laboratory, Professor of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles.
Presented to Fifth Clinical Conference on Cannabis Therapeutics held in Pacific Grove, ...
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Monday, August 31st, 2009
My dad in 2004, 5 days before he died. He was on hospice care. He was diagnosed on Father's Day, 2004, with lung cancer. he was a lifetime smoker, but quit in 1992. DR said if he had quit long before (or never started)...he would be here today...My dad was ...
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Friday, August 28th, 2009
China is home to the world's largest smoking population, and the country is facing a serious health crisis. A recent report warns that tens of millions of people in China will die from respiratory illnesses and lung cancer over the next 25 years if nothing is done to ...
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Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
The second video in the Living With COPD series. Pursed Lip Breathing shows you how to do it and tells you how it works.Duration : 0:7:58
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Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
Emphysema and bronchitis are types of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Here's more information on the causes and types of COPD.
www.copdhelp.infoDuration : 0:1:18
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Saturday, August 22nd, 2009
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a group of long-term (chronic) lung diseases, whereby airflow through the airways leading to and within the lungs is partially blocked, resulting in difficulty breathing. http://www.healthix.com/Duration : 0:4:10
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Saturday, August 22nd, 2009
For our eye-to-eye interview, we turn to Dr. James Kiley, the director of the Division of Lung Diseases at our National Heart Lung and Blood Institute to talk about Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or COPD.
Transcripts available at: http://www.nih.gov/news/vodcast/2007/e0007.htm#kiley.htm.Duration : 0:8:45
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