Health Tip: Coping With COPD (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)

(HealthDay News) -- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) describes a number of conditions that obstruct airflow in and out of the lungs. Examples include acute bronchitis, emphysema and asthmatic bronchitis.

Ozone Pollution That Violates Health Standards Caused By Wildfires, New Study Shows (Medical News Today)

Wildfires can boost ozone pollution to levels that violate U.S. health standards, a new study concludes. The research, by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), focused on California wildfires in 2007, finding that they repeatedly caused ground-level ozone to spike to unhealthy levels across a broad area, including much of rural California as well as neighboring Nevada.

Wildfires Cause Ozone Pollution To Violate Health Standards, New Study Shows (PollutionOnline)

Wildfires can boost ozone pollution to levels that violate U.S. health standards, a new study concludes

Health Tip: Coping With COPD (MedicineNet.com)

Title: Health Tip: Coping With COPD Category: Health News Created: 10/10/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 10/10/2008

UPLIFT trial reaffirms long-term safety profile of Spiriva (PharmaBiz)

Results of the UPLIFT (Understanding Potential Long-term Impacts on Function with Tiotropium) trial, showed that Spiriva HandiHaler (tiotropium bromide inhalation powder), sustained improvements in lung function for up to four years as measured by FEV1 (p UPLIFT, one of the largest COPD trials ever undertaken, is a four-year multicenter (470 sites), multinational (37 countries), randomized, ...

New Hope For Treatment Of Severe Emphysema: Minimally Invasive Metal Implant Makes Its First Appearance At Berlin ... (Medical News Today)

A new type of implant for the treatment of severe emphysema, which can be placed using a simple, non-invasive procedure, has made its first appearance at the Annual Congress of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) in Berlin, to considerable acclaim.

Dying of a broken heart: Families share stories (MSNBC)

After reading an msnbc.com story on the phenomenon of long-time couples who die close together, readers wrote in with their own experiences ? the love stories of family and friends.

US wildfires pushed ozone past legal limits (New Scientist)

Californian fires in 2007 pushed levels of the pollutant way past what is considered safe ? the effects may have been felt as far as Nevada

Health Standards Exceeded by Ozone Pollution in Wildfires (Kansas City InfoZine)

Ground-level ozone found to reach high levels in states like California, Nevada

Wildfires can boost ozone pollution to levels that violate health standards (New Kerala)

Washington, Oct 10 : A new study has shown that wildfires can boost ozone pollution to levels that violate health standards.

Support Groups

Published: Sunday, October 5, 2008 at 4:01 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, October 5, 2008 at 7:06 a.m. The Alzheimer's Support Group meets at 2 p.m., the second Tuesday of every month at Neighborhood Service ...

COPD: The fourth leading cause of death today

Dear Dr. Donohue: I haven't read anything about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD, in your column.

Chantix - Kick Off Smoking Lady

Chantix works for both men & women, but again this medication can only help you in the journey of quitting smoking, if and only if you are willing to quit smoking.

COPD 4th leading cause of death

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I haven't read anything about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD, in your column.

Spiration IBV Valve Shows Promise in Treatment of Persistent Air Leaks

Spiration , Inc out of Redmond, Washington received European approval to market the company's IBV Valve, an intra-bronchial device designed for the treatment "of diseased and damaged lung, an indication that ...

Coping methods for COPD

Published: Wednesday, October 8, 2008 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 9:50 a.m. Dear Dr.

COPD is fourth-leading cause of death in America

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I haven't read anything about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD, in your column.

COPD affects millions in America

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I haven't read anything about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD, in your column.

Dr. Paul Donohue: COPD, 4th leading cause of death

Dear Dr. Donohue: I haven't read anything about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD, in your column.

Ex-smoker always on guard

Nick Jones has fought repeated battles with pneumonia over the years. The lung infection poses a frequent danger to the Lake County man.