Editor’s Note: November is COPD Awareness Month, and this respiratory condition is something everyone should know more about. It is the third leading cause of death in the United States, killing more than 120,000 people per year, and up to 12 million adults may have it and not know it. Here, experts from the National… Continue reading COPD Update
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COPD Patients Don’t Know Enough About The Illness
A new national survey of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) shows a surprising lack of awareness of risk factors and knowledge of diagnosis stage. That lack of knowledge, researchers says, has a significant impact on patients’ quality of life, employment and ability to afford treatment. COPD, the third most common cause of death… Continue reading COPD Patients Don’t Know Enough About The Illness
Emphysema: Basis for Improved Drugs
Elastases of white blood cells are involved in tissue destruction and can thus cause various diseases, including pulmonary emphysema. Scientists from the Helmholtz Zentrum München, the German Research Center for Environmental Healthin Neuherberg, have discovered a new isoform which could be involved both in the pathogenesis of diseases such as pulmonary emphysema as well as… Continue reading Emphysema: Basis for Improved Drugs