Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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• Can workers have it both ways? Man gets disability, then sues employer

  
  HRMorning.com — Authority: 139
  There are signs everywhere workers are getting more aggressive about squeezing all they can out of their employers. The latest piece of evidence: An Illinois man filed for a disability pension, claiming he was unable to do any work — and then he turned around and sued his employer for failing to accommodate his ...
  1 week ago

• Can workers have it both ways? Man gets disability, then sues employer

  
  Work Fanatic — Authority: 142
  There are signs everywhere workers are getting more aggressive about squeezing all they can out of their employers. The latest piece of evidence: An Illinois man filed for a disability pension, claiming he was unable to do any work — and then he turned around and sued his employer for failing to accommodate his ...
  1 week ago

• Where there’s smoke: Apple warranty stance raises troubling questions

  
  The Mobile Fun Blog — Authority: 146
  By Carmi Levy , Betanews I’m the last person who would ever come out in support of smoking. It’s a noxious, nasty habit that according to the US Centers for Disease Control kills 443,000 Americans every year. The CDC says smoking is the root cause of over 30% of all cancer-related deaths, 80% of all lung ...
  1 week ago

• 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 ...
  2 weeks ago

• Lung Flute Uses Sound to Dislodge Mucous

  
  Neatorama — Authority: 772
  People who suffer from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have bronchial cilia in their lungs that produce too much mucous. Acoustics engineer Sandy Hawkins has developed a flute that produces a sound that dislodges excess mucous in the lungs. In Popular Science , Corey Binns writes: Hawkins began building an ...
  2 weeks ago

• City proclaims and honors many

  
  Newstreamz San Marcos — Authority: 151
  The San Marcos High School tennis champions are honored, COPD Awareness week proclaimed, a generous donation is recognized and a Youth Advocate of the month is honored.
  3 weeks ago

• Emphysema

  
  Find Me A Cure — Authority: 137
  Definition:- Emphysema is a type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) involving damage to the air sacs ( alveoli ) in the lungs. As a result, your body does not get the oxygen it needs. Emphysema makes it hard to catch your breath. You may also have a chronic cough and have trouble breathing during ...
  3 weeks ago

• Chronic asthma is an inflammatory disease of the airways

  
  Asthma treatment — Authority: 115
  http://www.healasthma.com Not everyone with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease suffers from chronic asthma , but many individuals who experience emphysema or chronic bronchitis have asthma -like symptoms . Medical experts continue to debate whether chronic asthma should be classified as chronic ...
  4 weeks ago

• H1N1 - What Asthma and COPD Sufferers Need to Know

  
  EmpowHer.com - Site Activity Feed — Authority: 558
  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 ...
  4 weeks ago

• Survey: Awareness of COPD is rising, but understanding is still low

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 648
  Awareness of COPD -- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- continues to grow in the United States, according to national survey results released today by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Inst
  4 weeks ago

• Jaipur fire: Blaze slowly abating, area around site to open for nearby factory owners

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  Jaipur, Nov 2(ANI): The fire at the Indian Oil depot in Jaipur, which started on October 29, is slowly abating and the area around 700-800 meters away from the site will be open for the factory owners to assess losses, District Magistrate of Jaipur Kuldeep Ranka said on Monday. “Fire in four tankers of Indian [...]
  4 weeks ago

• Pulmatrix Scores $30M To Block All Sorts of Bugs That Make People Sick in the Lungs

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 653
  Biotech , VC , deals Luke Timmerman wrote: Pulmatrix , the Lexington, MA-based company working to stop infectious bugs from being absorbed into the lungs, has raised $30.2 million in a Series B venture round to advance its unorthodox method for treating and preventing respiratory diseases like flu, the ...
  4 weeks ago

• Is Smoking Tougher on Women?

  
  EmpowHer.com - Site Activity Feed — Authority: 558
  SUNDAY, Oct. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Women may be more vulnerable than men to the carcinogens and other noxious substances in cigarette smoke, a growing body of research suggests. read more
  5 weeks ago

• Ciggie smoke ‘weakens lungs’ natural defense against harmful pathogen’ (re-issue)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  Washington, Oct 25 (ANI): Exposure to cigarette smoke might weaken immune cells’ ability to remove bacterial infections from the lungs, specifically nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHI), a pathogen often associated with respiratory infections and the progression of respiratory disease, says a new study.NTHI has ...
  6 weeks ago

• Sebelius Releases New Report on Benefits of Health Insurance Reform for Women with Breast Cancer

  
  Insurance Top News — Authority: 100
  As Americans mark breast cancer awareness month, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius today released a new report, Health Insurance Reform and Breast Cancer: Making the Health Care System Work for Women. The report details how health insurance reform will help women diagnosed with breast cancer and ...
  6 weeks ago

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