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View Post: Ciggie smoking 'increases colorectal cancer risk'
3 Dec 2009 by Ani  
... Tobacco smoke can prove extremely harmful for patients with asthma, rhinitis and nasal obstruction, according to an international health expert. Smoking has always been associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). ... Published in the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine (AJLM), the study looked at recent research on the five most common forms of cancer-lung, colorectal, breast, prostate and skin-and how some risk factors for these cancers can be ...
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View Post: Novartis receives approval in the European Union for Onbrez ...
3 Dec 2009 by insciences  
Improving the management of COPD is a priority focus for Novartis and Onbrez Breezhaler is the lead compound in an expected once-daily portfolio for the treatment of this growing public health issue. Novartis has three additional investigational ... Focused solely on healthcare, Novartis offers a diversified portfolio to best meet these needs: innovative medicines, cost-saving generic pharmaceuticals, preventive vaccines, diagnostic tools and consumer health products. ...
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View Post: Curcumin inhibits COPD-like airway inflammation and lung cancer ...
25 Nov 2009 by Moghaddam, SJ, Barta, P., Mirabolfathinejad,...  
1 Department of Pulmonary Medicine 2 Department of Thoracic Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Unit 1100, Houston, TX 77030, USA ... Previously, we have shown that NTHi-induced COPD-like airway inflammation promotes lung cancer in an airway conditional K-ras-induced mouse model. To further test the role of inflammation in cancer promotion, we administered the natural anti-inflammatory agent, ...
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View Post: Asthma and COPD Helped by Yoga Breathing: Improve Lungs with Yogic ...
1 Nov 2009
Studies of yogic breathing have shown improvement in actual lung function and symptom reduction for asthma or COPD. Breathing can be a relearned and modified behavior. ... coaxing the breath to a steady state and then observing the breathing is relaxing, meditative, and eventually habit forming. Another study in Thorax International Journal of Respiratory Medicine demonstrated that routine practice of breathing exercises lead to improvement of respiratory function. ...
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View Post: Happy Healthy Long Life: Straight from the Experts at Ohio State ...
17 hours ago by The Healthy Librarian  
Jed Fahey, nutritional biochemist in the Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Cancer Chemoprotection Center at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Cancer Prevention Research, April 2009. Wild_chicory_radicchio_499. Super Food: The Chicory Greens .... Human studies are ongoing and have shown to be effective in arresting H. pylori (the bacteria responsible for stomach ulcers), gastritis, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and preventing UV skin damage. ...
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View Post: Americans Spend $34 Billion On Alternative Medicine
5 Aug 2009
Have Herbal Remedies Worked for You? Stay tuned for more on alternative therapy and COPD during the month of August. Sources: NACCM. Americans Spent $33.9 Billion Out-of-Pocket on Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Press Release. ...
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View Post: Natural Asthma Treatments
How to Treat Asthma or COPD
Cure COPD ...
View Blog: Home remedies for asthma or COPD include consuming raw garlic and 2 tbsp. of honey. To control respiratory problems avoid additives, smoking habits and staying in smoking environment. ... Kali-bi, a homoeopathic medicine, shows quick, promising and long-term results without any side-effects. Related Posts. Persistent Coughing Causes, Natural Remedies

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View Post: » Archive » Stop Smoking for Women
3 Dec 2009 by rbrowne  
Smoking contributes to both lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Women diagnosed with lung cancer or COPD tend to be younger than men who develop the diseases, although they smoke less. ... Exercise, dietary modification and Chinese herbal medicine may be recommended by your acupuncture physician to aid in cleansing the body of toxins and to prevent relapses. For information about acupuncture for smoking cessation call Dr. Richard Browne, ...
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View Post: Emphysema / COPD Scams - One Sick Mother
19 Oct 2009 by One Sick Mother  
Because Emphysema/COPD is difficult to treat, many people try to find a treatment outside of mainstream medicine. This makes COPD sufferers prime targets for predatory scammers who look for people with medical problems to exploit for their own gain. ... These sites will list between two or four herbal treatments (all of which you will find listed above) in varying order, and will make an "independent recommendation" of which one they think is best. ...
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