COPD Survivors
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COPD
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Feb 11, 11 05:41AMNovartis reported on two Phase III studies demonstrating that treating COPD using its marketed once-daily OnBrez® Breezhaler® (indacaterol) in addition to tiotropium (Boehringer Ingelheim&rsqu o...
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Feb 10, 11 07:33AMMany people with asthma or emphysema could be taking their inhaled medicines incorrectly, researchers say. When they asked 100 adults hospitalized for asthma or a lung disease like emphysema to show h ow...
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Feb 07, 11 12:11PMPeople with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are more likely today than in the past to die from cardiovascular disease or other conditions that are not respiratory ailments, a new Swedish study h as...
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Jul 30, 10 07:23AMUsing cancer drug Avastin (bevacizumab) in combination with various standard chemotherapy regimens for treatment of advanced non-squamous non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) is safe and effective, a ccording...
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Jul 29, 10 09:19AMAn iliofemoral arteriovenous fistula (AVF) increased 6-minute walk distance (6MWD) in patients with severe COPD, researchers report in the current issue of Chest. Read More…
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Jul 21, 10 10:06AMThe European Commission (EC) has approved roflumilast once-daily tablets (Daxas; Nycomed, Inc) as an add-on to bronchodilator therapy for the maintenance treatment of severe chronic obstructive pulmon ary...
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Jul 15, 10 08:52AMAlthough one in four people may think they have a food allergy, the fact is that food allergies only affect 6 percent of children and 2 percent of adults. “Many people mistake food intolerance f or...
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Jul 14, 10 09:59AMThe COPD Foundation has released a new guide on how the changes to the way Medicare pays for home oxygen will impact patients. Read More…
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Jul 05, 10 09:40AMThe GOLD COPD classifications are the main method doctors use to describe the severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). GOLD is short for the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung...
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Jun 30, 10 09:20AMTests on mice suggest these immune system proteins could help most people survive a normally lethal dose of flu virus, the team at the University of Wisconsin and Seattle-based Theraclone Sciences sai d...
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