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• County opens H1N1 clinic

  
  Newstreamz San Marcos — Authority: 448
  The Hays County Personal Health Department (PHD) has designated a satellite clinic at 705 West Hopkins Street, Suite 112, San Marcos, to administer free H1N1 vaccinations to residents of Hays County. The clinic will initially focus its small supply of vaccine on those prioritized by the Texas Department of State ...
  11 hours ago

• FDA Advisory Committee Finds Data Support The Claim That SPIRIVA(R) HandiHaler(R) Reduces COPD Exacerbations

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 714
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  3 days ago

• FDA Panel Finds Tiotropium Safe for COPD Patients

  
  Health Fitness & Beauty - health-fitness.marc8.com — Authority: 160
  An FDA committee said new data allay concerns about the risk of stroke and cardiovascular events previously associated with tiotropium (Spiriva), drugmaker Boehringer Ingelheim said.
  4 days ago

• EFA Highlights The Urgent Need For Change And A Comprehensive European Strategy To Fight Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 714
  The European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients Associations (EFA) today launched a book comparing and analysing the situation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in Europe for the first time from the patients perspective.
  4 days ago

• COPD associated with anxiety, depression

  
  Respiratory Therapy Cave — Authority: 425
  Anyone who works as an RT will definitely see a ton of patients with COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder). Its a disease that slowly progresses with time and can cause not just breathing discomfort but also forces one to make some drastic lifestyle changes. Being short of breath, or the fear of it, can cause ...
  5 days ago

• The lung test that could save your life

  
  Dear Miriam - Mirror.co.uk — Authority: 439
  As an ex-smoker - and someone who recently had pneumonia - I cant stress enough how important an early lung function test can be in helping to prevent serious lung disease. But nearly three-quarters of smokers and ex-smokers have never had such a test, even though one in five has had at least one symptom of the ...
  5 days ago

• John Hopkins experts advise greater caution for COPD sufferers

  
  Anabolic Steroids Blog - iSteroids . com — Authority: 141
  Lung disease experts at Johns Hopkins have advocated for greater caution in prescribing inhaled corticosteroids for COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) sufferers. This call for caution came after evidence suggested that inhaled corticosteroids , one of the most widely used anti-inflammatory ...
  5 days ago

• Broncus Reports Early EASE Trial Results For Airway Bypass With Exhale(R) Drug-Eluting Stents

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 714
  Broncus Technologies, Inc., a medical technology company focused on developing and commercializing innovative solutions for lung diseases, is announcing early results of the EASE (Exhale Airway Stents for Emphysema) Trial, the first ever, double-blinded, randomized, sham-controlled device study for patients with ...
  6 days ago

• The Latest from Boing Boing

  
  Surfnshare: Wacky — Authority: 151
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  6 days ago

• Can You Diagnose A Cough By Its Sound?

  
  Better Health — Authority: 574
  DiscoveryNews is reporting on a Bedford, Massachusetts company developing software that can detect the difference between a typical cough and one caused by a cold, flu, COPD, or a number of other respiratory diseases. STAR Analytical Services is working with a database of pre-recorded coughs to determine ...
  6 days ago

• Apply For Help With Medicine – Drug Companies Are Relaxing Their Guidelines

  
  Health Resources — Authority: 148
  Just laid off from her work and suffering from COPD and asthma, Mary Jackson faces a bunch of difficult issues. After she lost her job in TN a few months in the past, she lost her insurance, to boot, and some of her prescription medication cost a lot. “Having to choose between meals, mortgage, and the light bill, I ...
  1 week ago

• (OSIR) Osiris Therapeutics Posts Loss

  
  Stock Blog Hub — Authority: 165
  Osiris Therapeutics ( OSIR ) reported a net loss of 21 cents per share in the third quarter of 2009, well above the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a net income of 6 cents. However, net loss in the year ago period was higher at 63 cents, mainly due to lower revenues. Revenues in the reported quarter increased to $10.6 ...
  1 week ago

• Darn Dyspnea Dilemma ( Part 1)

  
  breathinstephen.com — Authority: 120
  ……………….Try saying that 5 times really fast. Before reading this post, you might find it useful to read the first two of paragraphs in the “ My Asthma ” section of my blog. This will give you a little background as to why my dyspnea (shortness of breath) is so difficult to manage. Along those same ...
  1 week ago

• Introducing Medpedia

  
  breathinstephen.com — Authority: 120
  In case you haven’t heard, I’ve been working the past few months with the folks over at Medpedia , the worlds largest health and information encyclopedia project. Well, I’m excited to announce that they’ve just expanded their platform by including a “News and Analysis”, a Q&A section and an ...
  1 week ago

• How Your Oral Health is Linked to Your Overall Well-Being

  
  Yodle Local Articles — Authority: 157
  To maintain a completely healthy lifestyle, you must pay special attention to each aspect of your health. To  protect your skin, you see a dermatologist. For healthy eyes, you see an optometrist. And for your teeth, you see a dentist. But, did you know that how you care for your mouth directly effects how ...
  1 week ago

• Diabetes006

  
  Diabetes — Authority: 133
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• Steroids help in COPD

  
  Anabolic Steroids Blog - iSteroids . com — Authority: 141
  Anew study reports that steroids are not only beneficial to patients with asthma , but it is also beneficial to patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease . Dr. E. R. Sutherland , from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, and colleagues, conducted their analysis of the data ...
  2 weeks ago

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  Diabetes — Authority: 133
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  2 weeks ago

• The COPD Action Plan

  
  Respiratory Therapy Cave — Authority: 425
  Other than quitting smoking, one of the most important steps for any patient with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is to work with his doctor on a COPD Action Plan. This plan will help him decide exactly what to do when he observes his early warning signs of an impending COPD exacerbation . Way too ...
  2 weeks ago

• H1N1 - What Asthma and COPD Sufferers Need to Know

  
  EmpowHer.com - Site Activity Feed — Authority: 546
  People who suffer from asthma or COPD ( chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ) are at higher risk of severe H1N1 symptoms or complications. This is because, unlike the normal flu which usually stays in the upper respiratory tract, the H1N1 flu has been shown to affect the entire respiratory system. It infects the ...
  2 weeks ago

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