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• The Truth About Tryptophan - Does tryptophan really make you sleepy — and is turkey to blame? Experts set the record straight

  
  COPD News Of The Day — Authority: 100
  A WebMD FeatureEvery year at Thanksgiving, most of us engage in an annual rite of passage: stuffing ourselves mercilessly with turkey, cranberry sauce, and pie. Not a bad way to spend a Thursday. But inevitably, in that hour between feeling so full you think you’ll explode and gearing up for round two with the ...
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• Wishing Everyone A Blessed Thanksgiving

  
  COPD News Of The Day — Authority: 100
  If you’re looking for some online relaxation and company today, check out Grandparents TLC and meet Grandpa Shane and Grammy Tandy. You’ll find a list of their favorite Thanksgiving webpages for grandparents.  Some of their readers also commented with additional links. Please take a look. There are lots of ...
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• Chronic Illness and the Holidays- Experts describe strategies to let people with chronic illness enjoy the holidays.

  
  COPD News Of The Day — Authority: 100
  from the WebMD Feature ArchiveRosalind Joffe, MEd, once hosted a Thanksgiving dinner for 22 people at her house. She planned it months in advance. She hired someone to clean. She created a menu and delegated various dishes to guests. A friend came over the day before the holiday to set the table. Relatives were ...
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• Surgeon General Declares Thanksgiving as “Family Health History Day”

  
  COPD News Of The Day — Authority: 100
  Surgeon General Regina M. Benjamin, today declared Thanksgiving Day 2009 to be the nation’s sixth annual “Family Health History Day,” when families can make plans for gathering their health history, with the aid of the My Family Health Portrait Web site.“An important first step in preventing illness is ...
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• Welcoming The Holiday Season With Another COPD Tune From EFFORTS’ Ann Lornie

  
  COPD News Of The Day — Authority: 100
  My heart was broken, on that first morningThe doctor had spoken. Here’s what I heard:Your lungs are failing, they’re just a token.You must stop smokin’ - too long you have erred..Bad habits broken, common sense dawning,I had awoken and wanted to thrive.These days I’m singing, and walking each morning.EFFORTS ...
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• County opens H1N1 clinic

  
  Newstreamz San Marcos — Authority: 449
  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 ...
  3 days ago

• COPD - Gaining A Better Picture Of Lung Disease

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 713
  Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a respiratory disease commonly known as chronic bronchitis or emphysema, is the fourth leading cause of death worldwide.
  3 days ago

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

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 713
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• FDA Panel Finds Tiotropium Safe for COPD Patients

  
  Health Fitness & Beauty - health-fitness.marc8.com — Authority: 161
  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.
  1 week 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: 713
  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.
  1 week 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 ...
  1 week 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 ...
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• John Hopkins experts advise greater caution for COPD sufferers

  
  Anabolic Steroids Blog - iSteroids . com — Authority: 142
  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 ...
  1 week ago

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

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 713
  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 ...
  1 week ago

• The Latest from Boing Boing

  
  Surfnshare: Wacky — Authority: 152
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• Can You Diagnose A Cough By Its Sound?

  
  Better Health — Authority: 576
  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 ...
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• 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 ...
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• (OSIR) Osiris Therapeutics Posts Loss

  
  Stock Blog Hub — Authority: 166
  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 ...
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• 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 ...
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• 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 ...
  2 weeks ago

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