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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an umbrella term for a group of respiratory tract diseases that are characterized by airflow obstruction or limitation. It is usually caused by tobacco smoking but can also be caused by coal dust. Conditions included in this umbrella term are: chronic bronchitis emphysema bronchiectasis Other names COPD is also known as CORD, COAD, COLD which respectively stand for chronic obstructive respiratory, airways, or lung disease. COPD has been ...
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- Two Inhalers Are Better Than One For Common Lung Disease
ScienceDaily - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Cells In The Lung Clear The Air To Prevent Lung Damage
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Lung Function Decline In Smokers Slowed By Higher Physical Activity Level
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 02:00 EST
- Combo Treatment Works Best for COPD
WebMD - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:28 EST
- Combo Treatment Works Best for COPD
WebMD - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
- Cells In The Lung Clear The Air To Prevent Lung Damage
ScienceDaily - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Higher Physical Activity Level Slows Lung Function Decline In Smokers
ScienceDaily - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea Increasingly Associated With Cardiovascular Disease - Journal SLEEP
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 03:00 EST
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea Increasingly Associated With Cardiovascular Disease
ScienceDaily - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Respiratory Research About To Experience Influx Of Talented Young Scientists, UK
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:00 EST
- Journal Sleep: OSA Increasingly Associated With Cardiovascular Disease
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 12:00 EST
- Combo treatment cuts asthma attacks
The Earth Times - Mon, 15 Jan 2007 10:09 EST
- A screen for chronic kidney disease
The Earth Times - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:08 EST
- Patients Helped To Breathe Easier With Helium
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
- Researchers Develop Simple Model And Questionnaire For Predicting Chronic Kidney Disease
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
- Kidney Disease Up 16% in U.S.
WebMD - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:00 EST
- CDC: Kidney Disease Up 16% in U.S.
WebMD - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 11:00 EST
- Greater Use Of Exercise Testing In Chronic Disease Recommended By Task Force
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 03 Mar 2007 02:00 EST
- Combination therapy reduces emphysema flare-ups
Reuters - Wed, 24 Jan 2007 01:28 EST
- Chronic Disease Management Quality Improvement Efforts Yield Better Care Delivery
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:00 EST
- Cough And Phlegm Cause Fourfold Increase In COPD Incidence
ScienceDaily - Sun, 07 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- InterMune Discontinues Phase 3 INSPIRE Trial Of Actimmune In Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Combination Therapy Reduces Exacerbations In Severe COPD
ScienceDaily - Mon, 15 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- Chronic Pain and Maintaining Intimacy
WebMD - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:00 EST
- COPD: Fourth Leading Cause Of Death In US
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 23 Jan 2007 09:00 EST
- Sleep apnea ups cardiovascular risk
The Earth Times - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 09:27 EST
- NIH Gives PITT $13 Million Grant For Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Research
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 24 Jan 2007 02:00 EST
- The Metabolic Response To Colitis Varies Depending Upon Whether Inflammation Is Chronic Or Acute
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:00 EST
- Link Between Rheumatoid Arthritis And Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 06:00 EST
- Doctors Urged To Change The Way They Prescribe Pain Relievers For Chronic Pain
ScienceDaily - Sun, 04 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- A Chronic Problem
Washington Post - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:00 EST
- Genetic conditions often lead to insurance refusal
Reuters - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 09:01 EST
- United Therapeutics Announces Pulmonary Hypertension Opinion Leaders' Guidance On Intravenous Therapies
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Cystic Fibrosis: An Incomplete Success Story
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
- Birth Weight, Gestation Period May Be Linked To Depression, Chronic Pain
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Exacerbations In Severe COPD Reduced By Combination Therapy
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 18 Jan 2007 02:00 EST
- Stress-related Adult Disease May Originate In Fetal Development
ScienceDaily - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Investigational Clinical Study Of An Approved Drug In People With Chronic Pain Due To Osteoarthritis Of The Knee Or Hip - Men And Women Sought
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 07:00 EST
- Single Genetic Defect Causes Early Heart Disease
ScienceDaily - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Use Of Corticosteroid Inhalers For The Treatment Of Asthma And COPD To Increase
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 12 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- SEBIVO(R) (Telbivudine) Approved In China As New Treatment Option For Patients With Chronic Hepatitis B
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 03 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Single Genetic Defect Causes Early Heart Disease
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 09:00 EST
- Unique Cell Population Involved In Granuloma Formation In The Intestine
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
- Spinal Cord Stimulation Pilot Study For Chronic Angina
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Report Examines Use Of Health Care Funds By States Affected By Hurricane Katrina; Study Examines Chronic Disease Management;
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 06:00 EST
- Self-management In Bronchiectasis
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
- Life-Saving Technology May Address Unique Needs Of Women In Heart Failure
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 03 Mar 2007 01:00 EST
- American Heart Association Scientific Statement Recommends Doctors Change Approach
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 11:00 EST
- New Device Safeguards Against Medication Errors At Home
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 02:00 EST
- Metabolic Disease Too Easily Missed
ScienceDaily - Sat, 03 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Breast Cancer Survivors Experience Long-term Heart Disease Risk From Radiotherapy
ScienceDaily - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- DVT Treatment Vacuums Away Blood Clots Prevents Disability
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Takeda And Tap To Promote Sucampo's Amitiza In The US For Chronic Idiopathic Constipation
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 02:00 EST
- Drug does little to cut lung disease death rate
Reuters - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:01 EST
- Drug Maker Stops Work on Lung Disease Medicine
New York Times - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 02:52 EST
- Key Protein For Hepatitis C Virus Entry Identified
ScienceDaily - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Nonsurgical Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Treatment Vacuums Away Damaging Blood Clots And Restores Blood Flow In The Leg
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 03 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- New Clues to Chronic Dizziness
WebMD - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 06:23 EST
- Heart Disease and Medication Safety
WebMD - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 12:00 EST
- Radiation for breast cancer ups heart disease risk
Reuters - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 03:09 EST
- Diabetes Risk Factors Develop Earlier In Women Than Men
ScienceDaily - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Drug-Enriched Salt Could Prevent Devastating Tropical Disease
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Hispanic Women At Higher Risk For Heart Disease
ScienceDaily - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Pain meets politics in focus on chronic fatigue
MSNBC - Sun, 18 Feb 2007 07:52 EST
- NIDA News Scan #49 - March 05, 2007 (PDF, 1.6 MB)
National Institutes of Health - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 03:52 EST
- Human Genome Sciences Initiates Phase 3 Clinical Trial Of Albuferon(R) With Ribavirin In Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C Genotypes 2 And 3
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Triptolide: A Potential Drug For Polycystic Kidney Disease
ScienceDaily - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Study Examines Genetic Risk Factors For Alzheimer's Disease
ScienceDaily - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Study measures harm of stress on children's health
Reuters - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 02:19 EST
- Triptolide: A Potential Drug For Polycystic Kidney Disease
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 03:00 EST
- Why Graves' Disease Attacks The Eyes: Study Uncovers Clues
ScienceDaily - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Unique Tomatoes Tops In Disease-Fighting Antioxidants
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 11:00 EST
- Gum disease care heart aid hope
BBC - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 01:26 EST
- Clues To Why Graves' Disease Attacks The Eyes
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 05:00 EST
- Rare Mutation Causes Early Heart Disease And Metabolic Syndrome
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 03 Mar 2007 03:00 EST
- Steroid Shots for Back Pain Don't Work
WebMD - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 12:00 EST
- To Sleep, Perchance To Lose Your Edge?
Washington Post - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:00 EST
- 'Hidden' Fat That Puts Adolescents At Risk For Disease Identified By MRI
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- African-Americans at higher asthma risk
The Earth Times - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:37 EST
- Mom's gum disease ups risk of premature birth
Reuters - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 06:36 EST
- Study measures harm of stress on children's health
Reuters - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 09:16 EST
- Nicotine: The Link Between Cigarette Smoking And Kidney Disease Progression?
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 31 Jan 2007 01:00 EST
- Bad air quality speeds HK elderly to hospital: study
Reuters - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:34 EST
- SEBIVO(R) (telbivudine) Recommended For Approval In European Union As A New Treatment For Patients With Chronic Hepatitis B
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 24 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Psychiatric And Neurologic Conditions May Underlie Many Cases Of Chronic Dizziness
ScienceDaily - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- TorreyPines Therapeutics Initiates Second Phase I Clinical Trial Of NGX426, A Potential Novel Oral Treatment For Chronic Pain Conditions
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Indiana University To Host Centennial Observation Of The First Alzheimer's Disease Patient
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 02:00 EST
- Treat Gum Disease, Help Heart?
WebMD - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:51 EST
- Treat Gum Disease, Help Heart?
WebMD - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
- Gene defect in Iranian family may help understand heart disease: research
The Earth Times - Sat, 03 Mar 2007 12:03 EST
- Task Force Recommends Against Use Of Aspirin And Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs To Prevent Colorectal Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Gene Glitch May Up Early Heart Disease
WebMD - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:00 EST
- Drugs Without Side Effects A Possibility For Alzheimer's
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:00 EST
- Pharmacist-Driven Outreach Lowers Metabolic Syndrome Rates
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Mar 2007 10:00 EST
- Children Under Stress Develop More Fevers
ScienceDaily - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- In Kidney Disease Patients, Low Blood Pressure Increases Stroke Risk
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Appearance Concerns Related To Depression In Patients With Rheumatic Disease
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 01:00 EST
- Updated Lung Disease Guidelines Aim To Reduce World's Fourth Largest Killer
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 22 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
- Heart Disease Medicine: An Important Part of Your Treatment Plan
WebMD - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:00 EST
- New Device Could Revolutionize Eye Disease Diagnosis, Creating Eye Maps On The High Street
ScienceDaily - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
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