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The Observer | UK News | Lung patients ‘getting poor treatment’
Thousands of patients with chronic lung disease are being misdiagnosed and receive poor hospital care, according to the Healthcare Commission.
A national study of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which affects up to one in 20 Britons, has revealed that many patients are receiving very sub-standard [...]

MD Turbo:
Improper inhaler use is very common. In fact, most asthma and COPD patients use inhalers incorrectly. The two most common errors are failure to coordinate breathing with inhaler activation, and failure to track doses. MD Turbo is a breath-activated, dose-counting companion to metered dose inhalers (MDIs). It is coming soon, so sign up and [...]

Relearning to breathe
Kaiser’s pulmonary rehabilitation program puts patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on the path to better health by teaching them to breathe as efficiently as possible. People whose breathing is compromised can take a six-week class that includes exercise and education on nutrition, breathing and medication.

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Women with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) fare worse than men
Women with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) fare worse than men both in terms of the severity of their disease and their quality of life. These differences may play a role in the increased death rate seen among female patients with COPD, said researcher Claudia [...]

deseretnews.com | Variety of things can trigger asthma
The triggers for asthma run the gamut from the obvious to the odd — not just secondhand smoke and cat fur and perfumes and pollen but vigorous laughing or a good cry. Anything that irritates the lungs can make a susceptible person wheeze or worse, explains respiratory therapist [...]

winnipegsun.com - Tom Brodbeck - Crisis at Seven Oaks
But the hospital couldn’t find a qualified ER doctor to fill the shift and had to make do with a family physician instead. Because family physicians are usually unable to handle more serious ER cases, the hospital also planned last night to divert all red and amber [...]

Doctors Must Help COPD Patients Quit Smoking - Forbes.com
Despite the risks, more than 36 percent of patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)are still smoking, a new study says.
“It doesn’t look like a good part of the [COPD] population is getting the information it needs from health-care providers,” lead researcher Jeannine Schiller, a statistician [...]

TheDenverChannel.com - Health - Showers May Be Giving Some Women Lung Infection
Doctors across the country are seeing an increase in a bacterial lung infection called non-tuberculous mycobacteria or NTM.
There are not enough studies out right now to show exactly how a person gets the infection but some doctors believe it is possible to get it [...]