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Former First Lady Barbara Bush died yesterday at age 92, following an earlier announcement that she was in poor health and would not seek more medical care. She reportedly had been living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, a term used to refer to a group of diseases that damage the …

Former First Lady Barbara Bush died yesterday at age 92, following an earlier announcement that she was in poor health and would not seek more medical care. She reportedly had been living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, a term used to refer to a group of diseases that damage the …

Doctors use several tests to diagnose chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): Lung function tests In a spirometry test, your doctor will place a clip on your nose and ask you to blow into a tube that's connected to a machine called a spirometer. The test measures how much air you …

Doctors use several tests to diagnose chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): Lung function tests In a spirometry test, your doctor will place a clip on your nose and ask you to blow into a tube that's connected to a machine called a spirometer. The test measures how much air you …

(BOB HABICH)When I was younger, I worked in pharmaceutical sales. When I was on the road, it wasn't unusual to have to trot from one flight to the next at the airport, and I didn't even think twice about it. I was in good shape; I never got out of …

The top three causes of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are smoking, smoking, and smoking. Tobacco smoke inflames and irritates the airways in your lungs and gradually damages the air sacs that provide oxygen to the blood. This limits the amount of air that can flow into and out of …

(WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)Alpha-1 antitrypsin is a naturally occurring enzyme that protects your lungs from damage. Some people are born with a gene variant that results in a deficiency of alpha-1 antitrypsin. There are no symptoms of this deficiency, but if you have the gene, you can develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease …

I started taking Prolastin when I was diagnosed with COPD in 1989 at the age of 42, and I believe it has been what has kept me alive. I found out I was an alpha-1 (alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency is a condition that is caused by a gene mutation and that …

(BOB HABICH)When I was younger, I worked in pharmaceutical sales. When I was on the road, it wasn't unusual to have to trot from one flight to the next at the airport, and I didn't even think twice about it. I was in good shape; I never got out of …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a disease in which your lungs become inflamed or damaged, preventing air from flowing in and out normally. The most common COPD symptoms are persistent coughing, shortness of breath, and feeling like you can't breathe or exhale easily. COPD can refer to any airway …