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View Post: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease New Terms For Old Diseases ...
15 Nov 2009 by admin  
COPD, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is really a catch all phrase for diseases of the lungs and the respiratory tract. Many of the names which are now obsolete were formerly known as diseases like emphysema and chronic bronchitis ...
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View Post: Karachi: Smoker's Cough early sign of Pulmonary Diseases « The ...
18 Nov 2009 by Ahmad Ladhani  
Referring to a World Health Organisation report, the doctors said that chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) caused more than three million deaths every year. If chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases were detected at an early ... risk for chronic respiratory diseases. Pakistan Chest Society president Dr Mosavir Ansarie said that breathlessness was a major symptom of the disease. Dr Zafaryab Hussain of KV Site Hospital suggested aerosol therapy for COPD patients ...
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View Post: Liver for LuLu
12 hours ago by The House that James Built  
Alpha-1 can lead to lung destruction and is often misdiagnosed as asthma or smoking-related Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Alpha-1 can't be diagnosed by symptoms or by a medical examination; you need to get a blood test to ... Alpha-1 can lead to liver disease. The most serious liver diseases are cirrhosis and liver cancer. The World Health Organization (WHO), American Thoracic Society (ATS), and the European Respiratory Society (ERS) recommend that all ...
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View Post: Mainstay of the Global Workforce - 40-65 Year Olds - Hit Hardest ...
17 Nov 2009 by Education For Health  
Monica Fletcher, Chief Executive, Education for Health and National Respiratory Training Center, principle lead for COPD Uncovered - Dr Marianella Salapatas, President, European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients' Associations - Professor Thys van der .... Chronic diseases linked to higher levels of depression. January 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - People with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are nearly twice as likely to be depressed as diabetics. ...
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View Post: Gaining a better picture of lung disease ( Chronic obstructive ...
20 Nov 2009
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) a respiratory disease co...Parraga is a scientist in the Imaging Research Laboratories at Robarts... The idea is that if we can understand the structural and functional i...Parraga and her collaborators believe ... ...ehind mad cow disease and its human variation, Cre...According to new findings from Gerald Zamponi and ...urons from working themselves to death. The findin...ell Biology., Diseases such as mad cow result when. ...
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View Post: UAE Doctors to Investigate Rate of Chronic Respiratory Disease
19 Nov 2009
The first-comprehensive study looking at the rate of chronic respiratory diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) across the UAE, will be launched next week by doctors at the medical faculty at the ...
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View Post: Another reason to quit: Bacteria in Cigarette Smoke - Psychlinks ...
25 Nov 2009 by David Baxter  
... many infections and chronic diseases, scientists say. Cigarettes contain hundreds of different strains of bacteria, including many human pathogens that may play a role in lung diseases and respiratory infections, new research shows. ... The chemicals and heavy metals found in cigarettes--there are nearly 3000 of them—and the particulates get most of the blame for the harmful effects of cigarettes, such as lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). ...
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View Post: Boehringer Ingelheim News -
17 Nov 2009
4 Wouters EFM. Economic analysis of the Confronting COPD survey: an overview of results. Respiratory Medicine 2003; 97:S3-S14. 5 Mannino DM, Homa DM, Akinbami LJ, et al. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease surveillance. ...
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