Pulmonary Health

Passive smoking hazards Hindu, India - 10 hours ago ... including smokers' cough, COPD and other respiratory diseases," it said. The study said India's annual tobacco-related death was approximately 10 lakhs, ...

Summer campfires can be irritating StarPhoenix, Canada - 15 hours ago "If you're someone with COPD (a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease such as bronchitis or emphysema), who struggles from day to day to just breathe, ...

What Led to the Black Box Warning on Asthma Drugs? Lawyers and Settlements - 1 hour ago With respect to Brovana, which is approved for COPD but not asthma, the active ingredient is arformeterol. But the FDA warns that the findings regarding ...

Finnish court to rule in 'light tobacco' case Reuters - 8 hours ago "The plaintiffs believe they had no competence to make an informed decision because the diagnoses for lung cancers and COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

TELEHEALTH offers dial-up remote help Hospital IT Europe (subscription), UK - 13 hours ago The majority of patients referred suffer from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). According to the Canadian Thoracic Society, only 98 pulmonary ...

Emerging Combination Therapies, Including Drugs From Pharmaceutical Online (press release), PA - 46 minutes ago The market will also be driven by increased diagnosis rates in the next 10 years as the prevalent COPD population will rise by nearly 19 percent as a result ...

Epstein-Barr Virus: An Infectious Cause For COPD? Medical News Today (press release), UK - 13 hours ago COPD is a common respiratory condition, for which smoking is the most frequently found risk factor. It is thought to be the fourth most common cause of ...

Emphysema is a lung disease that involves damage to the air sacs (alveoli) in the lungs. ... Causes, incidence, and risk factors: Cigarette smoking is the most common cause of ...

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Alpha1-Antitrypsin Deficiency Significantly Increases Risk for ... Medscape (subscription) - May 28, 2008 Previous studies have shown that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an independent risk factor for lung cancer. "COPD in general is associated ...