Friday’s COPD Newsletter from COPD Support, Inc.

Volume 10, Issue 02
December 11, 2009
Joan Costello, Editor
TYPES OF SURGICAL INTERVENTION IN COPD
Deborah Leader, RN, About.com Guide. There are three types of surgical procedures that may be an option for the patient with end-stage COPD, who is suffering from severe symptoms.
Bullectomy : Bullae are enlarged (greater than 1 cm) air spaces within the lungs that [...]

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The COPD Newsletter from COPD Support, Inc.

Volume 10, Issue 01
December 4, 2009
Joan Costello, Editor
WILL COUGHING BE HISTORY BEFORE LONG?
Coughing or the sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis is common among all people irrespective of differences between sex, class or article of faith. [...]

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Friday’s COPD Newsletter from COPD Support, Inc.

Volume 9, Issue 52
November 27, 2009
Joan Costello, Editor
CLINICAL INVESTIGATIONS 101: WHAT ARE THE PHASES OF TRIALS?
Health and Science Examiner. Elizabeth Anderson. Clinical trials are
usually divided into different phases. Each phase has a specific design
and is conducted to gather particular information about the material or
modality being investigated. Pre-clinical tests involve animal studies
and in vitro tests, performed [...]

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Friday’s COPD Newsletter from COPD Support, Inc.

Volume 9, Issue 32
July 10, 2009
Joan Costello, Editor
DON’T SWALLOW YOUR GUM
Health Myths That May Surprise You. By Tara Parker-Pope: Myths, half-truths and wives’ tales persist in medicine. Sometimes doctors and nurses believe things that aren’t true or at least are unproven. That’s the focus of a new book by Dr. Aaron E. Carroll and Dr. [...]

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Friday’s Newsletter from COPD Support, Inc.

Volume 9, Issue 16
March 20, 2009
Joan Costello, Editor
10 SECRETS YOU SHOULD NOT KEEP FROM YOUR DOCTOR
By Elizabeth Cohen: From finances to sex, bathroom habits to spousal relationships, herbs to illicit drugs, here are 10 things about which you should always be open with your doctor.
Don’t hide from your doctor the fact that you
1. Smoke, drink [...]

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