Monday, August 31st, 2009
Faces of COPD is an outreach program of the COPD Foundation. The COPDers who are sharing their story are informed, educated and empowered and want to shre their COPD story with you. The folllowing is a sampling of their videos in this seriesDuration : 0:5:52
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Monday, August 31st, 2009
FDA has issued an advisory about the danger of mistakenly swallowing Spiriva (tiotropium bromide inhalation powder) and Foradil (formoterol fumarate inhalation powder) inhalation capsules. These capsules are intended to be used with inhalation devices to treat patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
FDA and the American ociation of Poison ...
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Friday, August 28th, 2009
Do you cough? Do you get tired or breathless doing things that you used to be able to do easily? Do you get colds often? And do they last longer than a week to ten days? If you answered "Yes" to any of those questions then you may have COPD ...
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Friday, August 28th, 2009
http://www.Regenocyte.com Do you suffer from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? Watch this video to find out how COPD patients just like you are improving with stem cell therapy. Dr. Zannos Grekos shares the typical outcomes for patients that undergo treatment and the use of sildenafil for COPD. Call 866-216-5710 to find ...
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Friday, August 28th, 2009
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary DiseaseDuration : 0:7:56
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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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Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
You might have guessed eating bacon and other cured meats containing nitrites might not be the best thing for you. New research showed that the odds for developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD among those who consumed cured meat products 14 times or more per month was almost double ...
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Saturday, August 22nd, 2009
Overview:
According to the American Lung ociation, more than 35 million Americans are living with chronic lung disease, such as asthma, emphysema and chronic bronchitis. This interview covers lung disease and lung transplants.
Part One:
COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Emphysema
Bronchitis
Lung volume reduction surgery
Lung transplants
Waiting lists
Organ matching
Part Two:
Lung transplants success rate
Preventing ...
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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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