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COPD-Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Prognosis

admin — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:25:34 +0000

COPD is a chronic, debilitating, progressive disease of the lower respiratory tract in the lungs. PrognostiCheck® illustrates where the patient is on the trajectory of the progression of COPD and shows the Burden of the Illness the patient is experiencing.

Duration : 0:2:5

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Marijuana: Compassion & Common Sense – Season 1 Show #024

admin — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:34:16 +0000

Dr. Donald Tashkin of UCLA Geffin School of medicine talks to Lanny about the effects of cannabis (marijuana, pot, herb, smoke, etc) on the lungs. Dr. Tashkin reveals the results of his study on the effects to the lungs, effects on congestive obstructive pulmonary disease, and the minor irritation experienced as a result of smoking marijuana. Part 1 of a 2 part interview.

Duration : 0:29:59

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COPD Torrance Memorial Medical Minute

admin — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:27:33 +0000

Dr. Katie Bannerman reports on the effects of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Duration : 0:1:44

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Dr. Donald Tashkin Marijuana Lung Cancer Study Pt 1 of 2

admin — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:48:33 +0000

Pulmonary specialist and Federal Government researcher from UCLA Geffen School of Medicine finds that marijuana does not cause lung cancer in his study on the effects of cannabis and the lungs. Results of this study are discussed for the first time. If you agree that cannabis should be legal, write a letter to your congressperson and tell them to legalize it!

Duration : 0:21:25

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How the Body Works : Microanatomy of the Lungs

admin — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:33:18 +0000

Microanatomy of the Lungs

Presented here is the microanatomy of the lungs and its components. Alveolar sacs are the terminal portions of the breathing tube system. Composed of up to thirty tiny air pouches, or alveoli, they provide a lung a total surface area of about 850 square feet for the exchange of gases. Alveolar walls, composed of a single layer of cells, and the thin boundaries of capillaries—a barrier only one twenty-five thousandth of an inch thick—are all that separate blood and air. Exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen across this barrier is completed in only a fraction of a second. Terminal bronchioles carry air to and from alveolar sacs. Cells lining bronchiole walls bear cilia—minute hairs whose beating action prevents large dust particles from entering the alveolar sacs. Macrophages on the inner alveolar surface ingest and destroy dust, soot and other foreign particles. These cells are the body’s main line of defense against airborne bacteria drawn into the lungs. Connective tissue fibers form a frame around the alveoli and support their delicate walls. Lymph vessels carry excess tissue fluid away from alveoli. Pulmonary venules take oxygen-rich blood back to the heart. Pulmonary arterioles conduct carbon dioxide rich, oxygen depleted blood to the aveoli. Blood capillaries form a meshwork around the aveoli. As blood flows through the capillaries its loses carbon dioxide and takes up oxygen. and changes from dark to bright red in color.

Duration : 0:1:48

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Bronchiectasis-Chronic Lung Disease-The Vest Therapy

admin — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:18:12 +0000

Herb has Bronchiectasis. This condition is a chronic lung disease that causes him to get lung infections quite often. The Vest, by Hill Rom vibrates his lungs and breaks the mucus loose so that it can’t sit in there and grow into infection.
He puts the vest on, and when he turns it on, the compressor fills the vest with air and vibrates him. He does this 20 minutes, twice a day.

Duration : 0:1:32

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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Health Byte

admin — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:38:56 +0000

COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is an illness of the lungs often caused by smoking. Learn more about the symptoms and treatments for COPD in this health video.

Duration : 0:0:47

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Still Smoking? Watch This !! Video!=o

admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:10:05 +0000

VIdeos like theese seem to work better then the silly pictures they put on the packs =p subscribe!
Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of premature death, disease and disability.
Tobacco use increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, cancers, respiratory diseases, adverse effects in pregnancy, gastrointestinal problems and tooth and gum problems.
More than 40,000 Canadians, aged 35 or more, are estimated to die annually as a direct result of smoking (30,000 men, 16,000 women).
Tobacco kills over 13,000 Ontario residents each year (one-fifth of all deaths in the province), or over 35 per day, compared to 3,000 annual deaths from traffic accidents, suicides, homicide and AIDS combined.
Every year in Ontario, tobacco-related deaths costs taxpayers between $3 and $4 billion in direct health-care costs and $7 billion in indirect costs.
Smoking is responsible for about one-third of potential years of life lost due to cancer, about one-quarter of potential years of life lost due to diseases of the heart and about one-half of potential years of life lost due to respiratory disease.
26 per cent of all Ontario households report that at least one person smokes inside the home every day or almost every day.
80 per cent of smokers who have been identified and advised to stop smoking report
that they want to stop smoking (Brodish, 1998).
Cigarettes and other forms of tobacco are addictive. Smoking is both a psychological and a physical addiction. Nicotine is one of the most highly addictive substances known.
Second-hand smoke or environmental tobacco smoke is a toxic mixture of chemicals produced during the burning and smoking of tobacco products.
There are approximately 4,000 chemical compounds in second-hand smoke. More than 40 of them are known to cause cancer.
The average additional annual cost to an employer of employing a smoker has been estimated by the Conference Board of Canada to be $2,565 (Conference Board of Canada, 1997).

Duration : 0:4:17

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How chronic obstructive pulmonary disease develops

admin — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 06:19:12 +0000

Animation to show how chronic obstructive pulmonary disease develops.

The content is intended for general information only and does not replace the need for personal advice from a qualified health professional.

For more information visit our health information site http://www.bupa.co.uk/health

Duration : 0:2:32

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Lung Recruitment

admin — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 06:18:45 +0000

Animal model (rabbit I think) of a lung ventilated at different levels of PEEP (0 cmH2O – 15 cmH2O) and the recruitment and derecuitment that occurs.

I believe this comes from Dr. sky’s lab in Toronto.

Duration : 0:1:1

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