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Let the Buyer Beware!!
Don't be fooled by slick advertising. Find out the real facts about Medicare payments for inhalers and other prescription medications.
"Ebola With Wings" : The New TB Outbreak
An old disease is making a comeback and doing it with a vengence. Tuberculosis is on the rise world wide and no country is exempt from this outbreak.
Air Quality and Physical Limitations
The AQI can help you determine how much activity you can perform outside and how to better protect your health.
Air Quality Index (AQI)
The quality of the air can affect your breathing, especially if you have COPD. The Air Quality Index (AQI) can help you determine the levels of danger in the air around you.
A Simple At-Home Breathing Test
Most physical exams don't include breathing tests. Here's a simple, at-home test you can use to tell if you need to insist that your doctor do more extensive testing.
Beating the Cold
Winter brings respiratory problems for many people. Here are some tips to make winter more bearable for you and your family, as well as help prevent common temperature related problems.
A1AD Emphysema, An Inherited Trait
Emphysema is often caused by environmental or behavioral patterns of the individual, but one form, A1AD Emphysema, is inherited. Learn more about this special kind of lung disease.
Symptoms and Treatment of Emphysema
The early signs and symptoms of emphysema are hard to diagnose, but the damage is still being done. It is important to recognize the tell-tale signs and seek adequate medical treatment to be able to control your own physical condition
The Top 25 Hospitals for Respiratory Problems
The list of top medical centers continues with numbers 11 to 25. This series will end next week with numbers 26-50.
Top Hospitals - The Second Five
The next five in the list of the top hospitals for respiratory treatment feature two hospitals in the Boston, Massachusetts area.
Top Hospitals for Pulmonary Medicine
Here are the top hospitals in the United States for the treatment of Pulmonary and Respiratory problems. This three part series will detail the top ten in the United States and list the others for the readers
Asthma Claims Life of Dr. Barnard
Dr. Christian Barnard, pioneering heart transplant surgeon, died recently of a severe asthma attack. Learn what you can do to monitor your symptoms and plan for any emergency.
Occupational Lung Disease
Occupational lung diseases are a serious problem for workers in certain industries and job settings. Learn more about how these illnesses work to destroy lung function.
Smoking Cessation Research
Research has shown some new benefits to smoking cessation and also shown some new barriers to quitting. Find out what the latest research on smoking and health has to say.
Lung Reduction Surgery Too Risky for Some
The National Emphysema Treatment Trial has stopped enrolling certain high risk patients in their program, following research findings which show an extremetly high mortality rate. Learn who shouldn't have this surgery and what it means for the emphysema patient.
Travel with Oxygen for the COPD Patient
Before you travel, check with the airline or other carrier to make sure you have the oxygen available that you might need to make breathing easier. Here are a few simple rules and suggestions that will help make your travel more enjoyable.
Two New Asthma Meds Approved
Two new medications in the fight against respiratory disease have been approved by the FDA and are now making their way to your pharmacy shelves.
Alternative Treatments for COPD
Some people recommend supplements to help improve lung functioning in patients with COPD. Find out what their research has shown.
Smoking My Life Away - Part Two
How does smoking impact your life? Find out the financial as well as the health effects that smoking has on you and your family.
Smoking My Life Away - Part One
Find out why someone starts smoking and how it begins to rule your life in Part One of a Two Part series.
Blowing In the Wind
Is an influx of African dust causing respiratory and other health problems in North America? Find out how much science is finding out on this natural occurrence and how it is impacting the COPD community.
I Have Returned
A message on my return to the site, and information on the affects of an acute illness on the underlying chronic respiratory condition of an individual.
Steroids and COPD
Do inhaled steroids do more than just make you feel better?Research quoted in the New England Journal of Medicine has some surprising answers.
The COPD Process
Many people don't know exactly what goes on within their bodies when emphysema strikes. This process is explored in this article, and treatments for it are discussed.
Antioxidents Shown to Improve Lung Function
Science has not proven what non-traditional medicine has known for years. Antioxidents can improve lung function. Find out the possibilities.
Merry Christmas With COPD
T'was the night before Christmas, and all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, 'cept me and my spouse. If you're wondering why, let me do some explaining. We were doing a thing called bronchial drainage.
Zinc and the COPD Patient
Zinc can help to improve the body's immune system functioning, and therefore decrease the severity of respiratory problems when the COPD patient gets the "common cold".
Winterize Yourself - Dealing with Cold Weather Sensibly
We winterize our cars when the temperature drops, but do we winterize ourselves to protect us against these extremes. Here are some suggestions to make winter more bearable.
Asthmatic Bronchitis - Part Two
Asthmatic Bronchitis can be treated both with medication and with some sensible suggestions for dealing with the symptoms.
Asthmatic Bronchitis - Part One
What happens when Asthmatic Bronchitis strikes? This personal experience story will describe the progression of the condition and how to help reduce its effects.
Happy Great American Smokeout Day
Today is the 24th Annual Great American Smokeout. Why not join in and reward yourself.
Common Drugs Can Cause Lung Problems
French researchers have identified over 300 common medications that can cause respiratory problems. Find out if the medications you are taking are on this list, and what you can do.
A New Look at an Old Treatment
An old treatment used with divers has found its way into the treatment of COPD and many other conditions. Find out more about this treatment and its benefits and risks.
How To Deal With Acute Childhood Asthma Attacks
When a child faces an acute asthma attack, it can be a serious medical emergency. Learn some of the signs of acute attacks and how to deal with them until help arrives.
Occupational Asthma
Occupational asthma is a work related illness that affects workers in many industries and occupational fields. Their effects have cost workers and businesses alike millions of dollars in lost productivity.
Nutrition and COPD
Nutrition is important for the COPD sufferer. Through watching the diet, overall health and respiratory health in general can be improved.
IMPORTANT RECALL and Safer Cigarette Update
An Urgent Recall of Arthritis Medicine and an update on the quest for a safer cigarette are featured in this article.
Go to the Head of the Line for Your Flu Shot
This year it's especially important to get your Flu shot early. Because of a shortage, being late may be a costly mistake.
Childhood Asthma Linked to Vaccinations
Researchers have found links between common childhood vaccinations and several illnesses including childhood asthma.
COPD and Cognitive Functioning
Researchers have found a link between COPD and cognition in a series of limited studies. While more research is needed, the preliminary results indicate COPD truly does affect more than just breathing.
A Natural Way to Improve Breathing (Part 2)
A continuation of the discussion in Part 1, of the benefits of breathing exercises for the COPD sufferer. Includes several suggested exercises.
A Natural Way to Improve Breathing (Part 1)
Traditional medicine uses external means to cure disease. There is, however, an internal healing mechanism that can be utilized to improve health in general and breathing in particular. Find out more about this mechanism in Part 1 of this two part series.
Adapter Aids Inhaler Use
For those who have trouble using the traditional inhaler, an adapter is available to aid in the proper administration of medication. This adapter also helps users obtain the full dosage and therefore the full benefit of their medications.
Breakthrough!
Two researchers from Georgetown University have made a major breakthrogh in the fight to find a cure for emphysema and other lung diseases.
Too Much Information, Too Late
What happens when the FDA releases information that is outdated? Find out the possible consequences.
Improve Your Breathing Through Writing
Research indicates that writing wherapy is useful in improving lung capacity in asthmatic patients as well as others. Find out more on this free, safe technique that may help you breathe better.
Heavy Breathing - Sexuality and the COPD Patient
Does sexual activity increase breathing problems in the COPD patient? Here are the facts that answer that question.
Exercise Can Actually Improve the COPD Patient's Functioning
Exercise can actually improve functioning in the COPD patient. Improvements have been noted in the physiological, psychological and cognitive domains, according to research findings.
Combination of Treatments Offers Hope for Smoking Cessation
A new theory, that combinations of anti-smoking treatments may offer a better chance of cessation, is proving to be successful.
Pesticides and Respiratory Health
With the current attention to pesticides and their effects on children's health issues, we can't forget that these chemicals and other environmental pollutants also affect our respiratory health.
"State of the Air Report 2000"
The American Lung Association released its annual air quality report ranking the best and worst cities in the United States.
Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Pulmonary rehabilitation can help improve the quality of life for the COPD patient.
Lung Reduction Surgery
Lung Reduction Surgery, although a drastic measure, may be an option for some sufferers of severe emphysema.
Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
May is Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month and this year's focus is on children and the issues affecting them in our society.
A Safer Cigarette?
Is there such a thing as a cigarette that is better for your lungs?
Going Back to the Basics
Sometimes we get so involved in the technical aspects of a medical condition, we overlook the basics. And that is what makes life the easiest the manage.
Occcupational Asthma
Occupational Asthma is a serious problem in the workplace both for the blue collar and the white collar worker.
Vitamin Deficiencies Linked to Asthma
Research validates theory that Vitamin treatment is effective in asthma treatment, however more research is being called for by some.
Asthma Increasing in Older Women
A recent phenomenon is the increase in asthma and other respiratory problems in women above the age of 65. What could be the cause of this increase?
Chronic Bronchitis - The Forgotten COPD
Chronic Bronchitis is a disease within COPD, that although potentially serious, is often not associated with being a COPD condition.
Status Asthmaticus - An Asthma Attack You Can't Ignore
Status Asthmaticus differs from chronic asthma in the severity of the attack. It is an urgent situation requiring immediate medical attention.
Alternative Asthma Treatments - Truth or Fiction
There are alternatives to traditional asthma treatments, but these are questionable and some even are dangerous.
Asthma Treatments
Common Asthma medications are discussed in this article, as well as new treatments which are becoming available.
Asthma - Symptoms and Their Control
Asthma is thought of by many as being a bothersome problem, not one which is a serious medical condition. In this article, this myth will be exposed, and several methods of controlling its symptoms will be discussed. This is the first of a four part series on Asthma.
COPD Research
Research into methods of controlling or reversing the effects of COPD
Pulmonary Fuction Testing
Pulmonary Fuction Testing is the first test and the cornerstone test that physicians use in the diagnosis and treatment of COPD. What exactly is this test?
Beginning the Battle to Breathe
This article is the beginning of a journey of a couple who have just learned that emphysema, COPD, has entered their life.