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Smoked Cannabis’ Effect on Lungs, pt. 3, Dr. Tashkin

admin — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:14:53 +0000

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 the study’s
Summery & Conclusions:
* Habitual marijuana smoking is ociated with:
- Symptoms of acute and chronic bronchitis
- Evidence of microscopic injury to bronchial lining cells.
- Inconsistant evidence of mild airway obstruction.
* but NOT with an accelerated decline in lung function.
- Thus unlikely to be ociated with the development of clinically significant COPD.

* In a large, prospectively designed population-based case-control study:
- We did NOT observe a positive ociation of marijuana use – even after heavy long-term use, with either lung or UAT cancer, controlling for tobacco use and other possible confounders.
- In marked contrast, we confirmed the strong dose-dependent effect of tobacco use on the occurence of these cancers.”

Presented to Fifth Clinical Conference on Cannabis Therapeutics held in Pacific Grove, CA, April, 2008. Conference hosted by Patients Out of Time.
http://MedicalCannabis.com

Duration : 0:10:0

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Smoked Cannabis’ Effect on Lungs, pt. 2, Dr. Tashkin

admin — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:48:43 +0000

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, CA, April, 2008. Conference hosted by Patients Out of Time.
http://MedicalCannabis.com

Duration : 0:9:22

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Smoked Cannabis’ Effect on Lungs, pt. 1, Dr. Tashkin

admin — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:14:02 +0000

Does regular marijuana smoking cause COPD, Emphysema and/or Lung Cancer? In part 1, Donald Tashkin, MD examines risk of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
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, CA, April, 2008. Conference hosted by Patients Out of Time.
http://MedicalCannabis.com

Duration : 0:9:59

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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

admin — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:38:30 +0000

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is an Animation video by Focus Medica Pte. Ltd that runs for 13.37 mins. For more details visit www.focusmedica.com or write sales@focusmedica.com

Duration : 0:0:35

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Internal Medicine Report: Diagnosis and Treatment of COPD

admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:10:25 +0000

The American College of Physicians released a new clinical practice guideline on diagnosing and treating stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a slowly progressive lung disease involving the airways and lung tissue, resulting in a gradual loss of lung function, typically as a result of smoking. COPD affects more than 5 percent of the adult population in the United States and is the fourth leading cause of death and twelfth leading cause of illness. The symptoms of COPD range from chronic cough and wheezing to more severe symptoms such as shortness of breath and significant activity limitation. The term COPD includes both emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Physicians often use the broader term COPD, since affected patients frequently have components of both conditions.

Duration : 0:2:23

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Anti-smoking Ad: Smoking Causes Emphysema, Lung Cancer

admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:10:16 +0000

http://www.nucleusinc.com Millions of people die each year from smoking. This 3D medical animation is part of an anti-smoking campaign ad, showing how smoking causes normal alveolar sacs to become enlarged and thinned over time from emphysema. Because the alveoli cannot contract, air is trapped in the lungs and the smoker cannot breathe out effectively.

Nucleus Medical Art is a leading creator and licensor of medical
illustrations, 3D medical animations and interactive multimedia for
medical devices, pharmaceutical companies, education, biotechnology,
marketing agencies, lawyers, and more. Online at
http://www.nucleusinc.com/youtube ANS00171

Duration : 0:0:42

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A Matter of Life and Breath: Double Lung Transplant

admin — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 06:19:14 +0000

Double lung transplant patient Gordon Weeks talks about his experience at Duke University Medical Center.

Duration : 0:2:19

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USMLE Study Songs – COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)

admin — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 06:18:31 +0000

A percussion-less synth song that I initially loved and now loathe…

Downloadable at
http://www.last.fm/music/Study+with+Substance+P/Silliness+for+Step+2

Substance P takes requests.

Duration : 0:4:33

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Understanding Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

admin — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 05:27:26 +0000

There are two primary types of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. Find out how COPD can be caused by smoking and industrial exposure with helpful information in this free video on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Duration : 0:1:32

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Understanding Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD#1)

admin — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 04:10:59 +0000

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease affects 12 million Americans—most of them smokers. Here, we’ll cover the basics on America’s fourth leading cause of death.Watch More Health Videos at Health Guru: http://www.healthguru.com/?YT

Duration : 0:3:13

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