Welcome
To inform people about lung disease. An information and resource group for people to view, post, and share information which may be helpful for people who have or know someone with Emphysema or COPD
- Founded On:
- Oct 9th, 2008
- Founded By:
- digitinc
- Members:
- 56
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BreatheEasy Admin
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ozziequitter -
rachelle403 -
mel1959 -
law68or -
plodder -
PearlB -
digitinc Founder
Latest Activity
- BreatheEasy wrote a Goal Update 11/24
- BreatheEasy wrote a Goal Update 11/24
- ozziequitter wrote a Journal Entry 11/24
- digitinc wrote a Group Discussion Post 11/23
- digitinc wrote a Group Discussion Post 11/23
- digitinc wrote a Group Discussion Post 11/23
- digitinc wrote a Group Discussion Post 11/23
- digitinc wrote a Group Discussion Post 11/23
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Responses to combined LABA–ICS therapy differ by COPD subtype
Posted by digitinc - 11/19/09, 09:21 pm20 November 2009 Patients with various subtypes of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) differ in their response to inhaled treatment with a combined long-acting beta-agonist (LABA) and corticosteroid (ICS), Korean study results show. COPD is a complex and heterogeneous diso...
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Folic acid supplements raise cancer risk: study
Posted by digitinc - 11/19/09, 09:06 pmTue Nov 17, 2009 6:59pm EST CHICAGO (Reuters) - Heart patients in Norway -- where unlike many countries foods are not enriched with folic acid -- were more likely to die from cancer if they took folic acid and vitamin B12 supplements compared with those who did not take them, Norwegian re...
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Strength training can help people with lung disease
Posted by digitinc - 11/19/09, 08:59 pmWed Nov 18, 2009 3:08pm EST NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with chronic lung disease like emphysema or bronchitis can strengthen their arms and legs with resistance training, and this strength may help them perform everyday tasks more easily, a new review of 18 studies confirms. ...
- Topic Title
- Mental health care reduces mortality in COPD by a third
- Half of COPD patients stop medication use in year before death
- Alpha-1 Finds a Voice
- Loud Music May Cause Lung Collapse
- Experimental study on the in vivo behaviour of a new collagen glue in lung surgery.
- Development of new biodegradable hydrogel glue for preventing alveolar air leakage.
- Intrapleural administration of a large amount of diluted fibrin glue for intractable pneumothorax.
- SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX TREATMENT GUIDELINES PREVIEWED
- COPD: Awareness Is Rising, But Understanding Is Still Low
- Uncertainty Surrounds Opioids in Advanced COPD
- Discontinuing Inhaled Corticosteroids
- Anemia Prevalent in COPD
- Link Between Protein And Lung Disease Discovered By UT Scientists
- Steroids Miracle Comes With a Caveat
- An Updated BODE Index, New ADO Index May Improve Upon the Original Model
- Novel LABA Improves Lung Function in COPD
