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... dangers associated with smoking. "The major known side effect is cancer," said Ban. "But there's also cardiovascular disease, or heart attacks, and the most common is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or COPD, which is quite prevalent in Lewis ...
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... was set up because of British Coal's lack of safety standards and led to 750,000 claims from former miners suffering chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and vibration white finger (VWF). Under questioning from Timothy Dutton QC, appearing ...
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... ethical and moral interests in prevention and cessation: Smoking causes multiples kinds of cancers and it causes Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, which includes emphysema. Millions of Americans have COPD and are treated. Million of others, by ...
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A woman suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease soldiers on for awareness.
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World COPD Day 2008 features new patient and health professional initiatives that address the misconceptions and lack of awareness surrounding chronic obstructive pulmonary disease .
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... a version containing levalbuterol, a similar medicine. Users include not only asthmatics but also people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). One of the main differences is the force of the spray, says Dr. Nemr Eid, a professor of ...
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... about a mother, Julie Moise, who lost her 6-month-old son in 2003 to the influenza virus. This year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends all children ages 6 months to 18 years be vaccinated, and Moise is serving as an advocate ...
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COPD, short for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, consists of emphysema and chronic bronchitis and is the ONLY major cause of death on the increase.
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> TORONTO, Nov. 17 /CNW/ - For patients with COPD, even taking a few steps can leave them breathless. But, for the last month, ...
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... she was proud of the skills she brought to her patients, particularly the people with severe lung and neuromuscular disease who needed respirators to breathe. 'I was out there diligently caring for IVs and tubes and taking their blood pressures,' ...
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Almost one in three adults who've been told they have asthma may not have the chronic airway disease, new Canadian research claims.
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... in July. "The Health Guide is a step forward in offering more personalized and effective management of chronic health conditions in the home," said Louis Burns, vice president and general manager of the Intel Digital Health Group. "Intel has spent ...
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A majority of Americans, including many health-care workers, believe that people who have lung cancer are at least partly to blame for their disease, a new survey finds.
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