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Forum for people diagnosed with COPD to discuss anything that is of interest - including treatments, challenges, solutions, and more. Also includes forum posts for parents, caregivers, spouses, children, and other loved ones.
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Confronting a new diagnosis can be frightening -- and because research changes so often, confusing. Here are some questions to ask your doctor, along with notes on why they’re important.
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Quitting smoking is the most effective thing you can do to treat COPD. Smoking inflames the lungs and airways, and while stopping may not be enough to prevent disease progression completely, it may slow it. Studies show that, overall, quitting smoking brings about a 50 percent sustained reduction in lung function decline.
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A personal blog written by a COPD survivor. “I have spent many years dealing with a chronic airway obstruction and many years in a specialist office, cut with some time in the hospital trying to overcome my lung problems. This disease is not a peaceful ride and at times it is a painful one but I intend to make the best of my life or what’s left of it…” Read on for the rest of this bloggers story.
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Follow Penny’s story from first diagnosis to Lung Volume Reduction surgery.
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ClinicalTrials.gov is an easy-to-use Web site that provides regularly updated information about federally and privately supported clinical trials, including more than 200 open studies on COPD.
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This COPD Support Group provides support for lung disease patients and takes part in worldwide campaign for recognition of dangerous rise in prevalence of COPD. It actively supports the Global Obstructive Lung Disease Initiative, which aims to raise awareness of the increasing burden of COPD, decrease morbidity and mortality, promote further study of the condition, and implement programs to prevent COPD. Membership is free.
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With large type, simplified navigation, videos and optional speech, the NIHSeniorHealth has made it very easy to learn more about COPD.
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Give your health care provider a checkup. We've discovered the best sites to check the qualifications of your doctor, hospital, or nursing home. Includes questions to ask about your surgery, and patient ratings of doctors.
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