Respiratory Rally » smoking http://respiratoryrally.org Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:59:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 “The Missing Piece” – introduction to a ‘video handbook’ for living with C.O.P.D. http://respiratoryrally.org/copd-disease/the-missing-piece-introduction-to-a-video-handbook-for-living-with-c-o-p-d http://respiratoryrally.org/copd-disease/the-missing-piece-introduction-to-a-video-handbook-for-living-with-c-o-p-d#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:25:40 +0000 admin http://respiratoryrally.org/copd-disease/the-missing-piece-introduction-to-a-video-handbook-for-living-with-c-o-p-d An emphysema patient shares valuable information about strategies he has developed to manage his daily life. His ‘video handbook’ is aimed at helping other patients to improve the quailty of their lives and minimize the progression of the disease. The video also serves to warn smokers of the difficulties they potentially face through this glimpse into the life of a sufferer of this devastating ailment. The following link provides information for ordering the DVD: http://www.scooterlink.com/index.cfm?method=content.display&id=F020081C-F9B4-6DEF-12E0F5D843CF757B

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]]> http://respiratoryrally.org/copd-disease/the-missing-piece-introduction-to-a-video-handbook-for-living-with-c-o-p-d/feed 0 Bob Yousefian: Professor Bob on Lung Disease http://respiratoryrally.org/lung-disorders/bob-yousefian-professor-bob-on-lung-disease http://respiratoryrally.org/lung-disorders/bob-yousefian-professor-bob-on-lung-disease#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:34:13 +0000 admin http://respiratoryrally.org/lung-disorders/bob-yousefian-professor-bob-on-lung-disease In this second installment, Glendale City Councilman Bob Yousefian continues his steady march toward enlightenment. We learn from Professor Bob that smoking doesn’t cause lung disease. Living in Los Angeles County causes it.

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]]> http://respiratoryrally.org/lung-disorders/bob-yousefian-professor-bob-on-lung-disease/feed 5 Challenge for the senile! “I have multiple lung diseases…” http://respiratoryrally.org/lung-disorders/challenge-for-the-senile-i-have-multiple-lung-diseases http://respiratoryrally.org/lung-disorders/challenge-for-the-senile-i-have-multiple-lung-diseases#comments Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:27:26 +0000 admin http://respiratoryrally.org/lung-disorders/challenge-for-the-senile-i-have-multiple-lung-diseases I know I’m a little late in the game for this challenge, considering it was posted on June 7th, but I really couldn’t pass it up.
Here’s my best impersonation of an old person I could do right on the spot.
xoxo Murf

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]]> http://respiratoryrally.org/lung-disorders/challenge-for-the-senile-i-have-multiple-lung-diseases/feed 16 Faces Of COPD Sampler http://respiratoryrally.org/copd-disease/faces-of-copd-sampler http://respiratoryrally.org/copd-disease/faces-of-copd-sampler#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:06:16 +0000 admin http://respiratoryrally.org/copd-disease/faces-of-copd-sampler 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 series

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]]> http://respiratoryrally.org/copd-disease/faces-of-copd-sampler/feed 0 Lung Cancer http://respiratoryrally.org/lung-cancer/lung-cancer-3 http://respiratoryrally.org/lung-cancer/lung-cancer-3#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:06:08 +0000 admin http://respiratoryrally.org/lung-cancer/lung-cancer-3 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 a talented writer and news broadcaster. He was very silly, sometimes eccentric, as you will see…We miss you, Dad…

ANYONE that considers smoking…needs to know that the chance of being diagnosed and then dying of lung cancer is a strong possibility. Please, I don’t want anyone to go through the fear,frustration, and pain that my dad went through.,.not to mention the family having to WATCH him go through it. We stood by helplessly as he tried to “catch” his breath, couldn’t swallow because the radiation made his throat sore, coughed up blood, and later heard the imfamous “death rattle” as he tried to breathe. The waiting was the worst…Please , see video #2 for additional comments. SEMPER FI!

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]]> http://respiratoryrally.org/lung-cancer/lung-cancer-3/feed 0 3013-CHINA-SMOKING-3013-ASIA-NOV12 http://respiratoryrally.org/respiratory-disease/3013-china-smoking-3013-asia-nov12 http://respiratoryrally.org/respiratory-disease/3013-china-smoking-3013-asia-nov12#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:35:05 +0000 admin http://respiratoryrally.org/respiratory-disease/3013-china-smoking-3013-asia-nov12 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 reduce smoking.

Experts predict there will be 65 million deaths from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and 18 million deaths from lung cancer in China between 2003 and 2033.

Respiratory diseases are already among the 10 leading causes of deaths
in China.

According the World Health Organisation, one out of every three cigarettes lit in the world is in China.
Ma Guanghua, a migrant worker in Beijing, says smoking has become a part of his life.

[Ma Guanghua, Migrant Worker]:
“Of course I want to quit, but I have been smoking for so many years that it is so difficult for me to give up.”

Feng Xiaodong is seeking treatment for a lung problem at a hospital for respiratory diseases in Beijing.

[Feng Xiaodong, Hospital Patient]:
“It’s your surroundings. Because everyone smokes, if you’re the only one who doesn’t, it feels a bit uncomfortable. It’s mostly the surroundings you’re in.”

Out of the army of smokers in China, Ma and Feng are exceptions. While 45 and 50 percent of men in urban and rural areas were regular smokers in 2003, the report states only 5-6 percent of them tried to quit.

Researchers warn that the burden of treating smoking-related diseases is likely to be heavy for China, and the country will suffer reduced productivity.

If present smoking trends continue, 100 million Chinese men will die of smoking-related ailments between 2000 and 2050.

Family members of patients suffering from lung diseases say information on the dangers of smoking is hard to come by.

[Mrs. Li, Wife of Smoker]:
“Smoking is definitely bad for your health. But I think in society there’s still not enough publicity about the dangers of smoking. In particular, it seems that there is still very little educational information,
and when we searched online there wasn’t much either.”

Some surveys show two-thirds of Chinese people think smoking does little or no harm.

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]]> http://respiratoryrally.org/respiratory-disease/3013-china-smoking-3013-asia-nov12/feed 0 COPD 101 (Health Short) http://respiratoryrally.org/copd-disease/copd-101-health-short http://respiratoryrally.org/copd-disease/copd-101-health-short#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:15:45 +0000 admin http://respiratoryrally.org/copd-disease/copd-101-health-short COPD is a serious condition of the lungs. Learn more about the disease here.

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]]> http://respiratoryrally.org/copd-disease/copd-101-health-short/feed 13 Lung Cancer – Just Stop It http://respiratoryrally.org/lung-cancer/lung-cancer-just-stop-it http://respiratoryrally.org/lung-cancer/lung-cancer-just-stop-it#comments Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:18:25 +0000 admin http://respiratoryrally.org/lung-cancer/lung-cancer-just-stop-it Montage of pictures and videos surrounding the life of the DeWitt Family before and after the mother was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer. Cut to Snow Patrol’s-Chasing Cars

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]]> http://respiratoryrally.org/lung-cancer/lung-cancer-just-stop-it/feed 25 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Health Byte http://respiratoryrally.org/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-health-byte http://respiratoryrally.org/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-health-byte#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:38:56 +0000 admin http://respiratoryrally.org/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-health-byte 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.

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]]> http://respiratoryrally.org/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-health-byte/feed 0 Lung Cancer: Through My Children’s Eyes -Part 1of3 http://respiratoryrally.org/lung-cancer/lung-cancer-through-my-childrens-eyes-part-1of3 http://respiratoryrally.org/lung-cancer/lung-cancer-through-my-childrens-eyes-part-1of3#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:38:45 +0000 admin http://respiratoryrally.org/lung-cancer/lung-cancer-through-my-childrens-eyes-part-1of3 (Documentary) A son and daughter talk about what it is like to have a mom battle lung cancer, in effort to prevent/stop others from smoking.

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