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• Radon - Hidden Health Risk

  
  COPD News Of The Day — Authority: 115
  A simple test for radon gas could save your lifeNews from the American Lung AssociationMention radon to most people, and you’ll get a blank stare. But mention lung cancer, and you’ve got their attention! What most people don’t know is that exposure to radon, an invisible odorless gas, is the leading cause of ...
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• Nicotine Replacement Therapies May Not Be Effective in Helping People Quit Smoking

  
  COPD News Of The Day — Authority: 115
  Harvard School of Public Health Press ReleaseNicotine replacement therapies (NRTs) designed to help people stop smoking, specifically nicotine patches and nicotine gum, do not appear to be effective in helping smokers quit long-term, even when combined with smoking cessation counseling, according to a new study by ...
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• How drugs get those tongue-twisting generic names

  
  COPD News Of The Day — Authority: 115
  American Chemical Society Press Release“Where Drug Names Come From”Chemical & Engineering NewsOseltamivir. Esomeprazole. Trastuzumab. Where do drugs get those odd-sounding generic names? The answers are in the current issue of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly newsmagazine of the American ...
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• Treating COPD with vitamin D

  
  The C.A.M. Report — Authority: 115
  Low vitamin D levels are associated with reduced lung function (FEV1), impaired immunologic control, and increased airway inflammation. Many patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have vitamin D deficiency. So, researchers at the University Hospitals Leuven, in Belgium, studied whether ...
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• Vitamin D Doesnt Help Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 685
  Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is characterized by diseases such as Bronchitis and Emphysema, where breathing becomes more difficult as the airways are inflamed, blocked with mucus and ultimately permanently damaged. The problem is usually caused by cigarette smoking, although exposure to industrial ...
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• Common Clinical Situations Physicians and Patients Should Discuss

  
  COPD News Of The Day — Authority: 115
  American College of Physicians PressroomMany screening and diagnostic tests often offer little benefit and sometimes cause harmCommon clinical scenarios can result in better health outcomes if physicians and patients discuss the benefits and harms of screening and diagnostics tests that are often unnecessary or might ...
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• Study: Vitamin D Has No Clear Benefit for COPD Patients

  
  COPD News Of The Day — Authority: 115
  WebMD Health NewsBut Vitamin D Supplementation May Reduce COPD Flare-ups in People With Severely Low LevelsMuch hope has been pinned on vitamin D to cure, prevent, or treat a host of diseases, including the lung disease chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).New research, however, may dash some of this ...
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• Vitamin D Won’t Help Most COPD Patients: Study

  
  The Health and Beauty Reviews — Authority: 128
  TUESDAY, Jan. 17 (HealthDay News) — Vitamin D supplements don’t seem to support most patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a new study by Belgian investigators. Emphysema and chronic bronchitis are the two major forms of COPD, and a lot of sufferers have each. The ...
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• News From The Annals Of Internal Medicine: Jan. 17, 2012

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 685
  1. High Doses of Vitamin D Provide No Benefit to Patients with Severe COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the top 10 leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Vitamin D deficiency is present in 60 percent to 75 percent of patients with severe COPD. Researchers studied ...
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• Interactive Tools to Assess the Likelihood of Death

  
  COPD News Of The Day — Authority: 115
  New York Times Health January 10, 2012To help prevent overtesting and overtreatment of older patients — or undertreatment for those who remain robust at advanced ages — medical guidelines increasingly call for doctors to consider life expectancy as a factor in their decision-making. But clinicians, research has ...
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• Researchers isolate messenger protein linking exercise to health benefits

  
  COPD News Of The Day — Authority: 115
  Dana-Farber Cancer Institute News ReleaseHormone discovery could yield exercise-mimicking drugs for metabolic and other disordersA team led by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has isolated a natural hormone from muscle cells that triggers some of the key health benefits of exercise. They say the protein, ...
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• QD: News Every Day--15 top causes of death detailed

  
  ACP Internist — Authority: 115
  Heart disease remains the single most common cause of death, reported the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in its annual report. The top 15 are: 1. Diseases of heart 2. Malignant neoplasms 3. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 4. Cerebrovascular diseases 5. Accidents (unintentional injuries) 6. ...
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• Protein shows promise in treating smoker’s diseases

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  Washington, Jan 16 (IANS) Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) caused by excessive smoking is characterized by blockage or narrowing of airways in the lungs.Researchers identified the protein SAA as playing a key role in chronic inflammation and lung damage in COPD and also in inhibiting the natural effort ...
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• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

  
  Holistic Lifestyle Community Blog — Authority: 109
  November is National Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Awareness Month. Sponsored by the US COPD Coalition, the observance is a time for organizations and communities across the country to increase the overall awareness of COPD. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), also known as chronic ...
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• I Music News Radio | Danica Patrick Says Shes A Honey Badger I …

  
  #1 One Celebrity — Authority: 141
  Now Danica Patrick is the hottest topic in the world, everyone talk about this. Just look for the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkSTAuU1gNE Danica Patrick says she’s a honey badger Brent Musburger was oddly enamored with LSU safety Tyrann Mathieu’s nom de guerre, uttering it a mystifying 14 times during ...
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• Smokers with COPD had significant changes in the small airway epithelium

  
  SALUTE DOMANI ? IL PORTALE DEL BENESSERE — Authority: 125
   Smoking may be associated with the development of molecular features of cancer in the large airway epithelium. In the small airway epithelium, molecular cancerization is associated with development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to recent data.   “We are striving to find the earliest ...
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• MDC Announces New Free Prescription Discount Card

  
  COPD News Of The Day — Authority: 115
  PRWeb News ServiceMedicationdiscountcard.com (MDC) goes on-line this week with its new Prescription Discount Card. MDC’s free pharmacy card provides consumers deep discounts and rebates on a wide range of prescription medications and may offer lower out-of-pocket costs than even some insurance plans.The card, ...
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• Pre Existing Conditions Insurance from the Government Available Through New Site

  
  COPD News Of The Day — Authority: 115
  PRWeb News ServiceGet connected to pre existing conditions medical insurance from the government and receive free personalized enrollment assistance through preexistingconditionsinsurance.org.Uninsured citizens and legal U.S residents with a health condition can now get connected to the new government Pre Existing ...
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• Postcode problem sends ambulances wrong way

  
  Paramedic UK — Authority: 121
  A pensioner’s postcode is putting her health at risk as ambulances keep going to the wrong address. Terry Heath, from Reddingmuirhead, suffers from terminal chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and has had to call for help seven times in the past year. Her condition means she needs hospital treatment when ...
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• Discovery could help stem smoking-related diseases

  
  COPD News Of The Day — Authority: 115
  University of Melbourne newsroomSufferers of smoking related lung diseases could have their debilitating symptoms reduced following the discovery of a potential new treatment.The discovery, by researchers at the University of Melbourne, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia, and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, ...
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