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COPD is a progressive disease characterized by airflow obstruction or limitation. Emphysema is characterized by loss of elasticity of the lung tissue, destruction of structures supporting the alveoli and of capillaries feeding the alveoli. Both have symptoms that include shortness of breath, among other respiratory troubles. If you are a COPD or Emphysema sufferer, join...
CLEVELAND CLINIC LIVE CHAT, LATEST ADVANCES IN LUNG DISEASE
October 16, 2008 at 12 noon (EST)
From Westley Stump: COPD Support Newsletter subscribers may be interested to know Cleveland Clinic will host an online health chat on Lung Surgery, Advances and Options. The chat will be held Thursday, October 16, 2008 at 12 noon (EST) and will be led by Dr. David Mason, a staff surgeon in the Cleveland Clinic Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. During this chat, Dr. David Mason will take questions on the latest advances in the treatment of lung disease. Some of the latest advances include improvement in diagnostic techniques, medical management and new surgical techniques, including minimally invasive surgery. Dr. Mason holds joint appointments as a staff surgeon in the Clinic's Transplantation Center in the Division of Surgery and in the Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center. He specializes in general thoracic surgery, minimally invasive thoracoscopic and laparoscopic surgery, lung cancer, esophageal cancer, malignant mesothelioma and lung transplantation. Dr. Mason is board certified in general and thoracic surgery.
Lung disease can take the form of cancer, chronic breathing conditions and even lung failure. Determining the appropriate treatment options for the vast variety of lung diseases can be overwhelming to patients. Dr. Mason will join us on October 16th to take your questions on the latest advances have been made in the treatment of lung disease. These include improvement in diagnostic techniques, medical management and new surgical techniques, including minimally invasive surgery.
This Health Chat will open on October 15, 2008 to allow you to submit questions. We will try to answer as many questions as possible during the chat. Please create an account to attend the chat and submit your questions. Scroll down at:
http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/ChatReg/mason.html
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Each Day.....
Listen with compassion
Speak form your heart
See with your soul
Touch with tenderness
Bring light into the darkness
Be generous with love and kindness
Leave behind a smile
October 16, 2008 at 12 noon (EST)
From Westley Stump: COPD Support Newsletter subscribers may be interested to know Cleveland Clinic will host an online health chat on Lung Surgery, Advances and Options. The chat will be held Thursday, October 16, 2008 at 12 noon (EST) and will be led by Dr. David Mason, a staff surgeon in the Cleveland Clinic Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. During this chat, Dr. David Mason will take questions on the latest advances in the treatment of lung disease. Some of the latest advances include improvement in diagnostic techniques, medical management and new surgical techniques, including minimally invasive surgery. Dr. Mason holds joint appointments as a staff surgeon in the Clinic's Transplantation Center in the Division of Surgery and in the Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center. He specializes in general thoracic surgery, minimally invasive thoracoscopic and laparoscopic surgery, lung cancer, esophageal cancer, malignant mesothelioma and lung transplantation. Dr. Mason is board certified in general and thoracic surgery.
Lung disease can take the form of cancer, chronic breathing conditions and even lung failure. Determining the appropriate treatment options for the vast variety of lung diseases can be overwhelming to patients. Dr. Mason will join us on October 16th to take your questions on the latest advances have been made in the treatment of lung disease. These include improvement in diagnostic techniques, medical management and new surgical techniques, including minimally invasive surgery.
This Health Chat will open on October 15, 2008 to allow you to submit questions. We will try to answer as many questions as possible during the chat. Please create an account to attend the chat and submit your questions. Scroll down at:
http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/ChatReg/mason.html
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Each Day.....
Listen with compassion
Speak form your heart
See with your soul
Touch with tenderness
Bring light into the darkness
Be generous with love and kindness
Leave behind a smile
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