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By CAIN BURDEAU AP First lady Michelle Obama sings and dances to exercises with staff, parents and children as she visits the Royal Castle Child Development Center, as part of her 'Lets Move!' initiative in New Orleans, La., Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011. …
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By Michael D. Bolden A training exercise to maintain the region's air defense readiness is scheduled to take place above Washington for several days this week, according to military officials. The operation known as Falcon Virgo is slated to begin late …
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| However, getting some exercise seemed to reduce that chance. Being physically active had an effect on the FTO gene, reducing obesity risk by an average of 27% compared with people who were sedentary. The same effect was not seen in an analysis of nine … See all stories on this topic » |
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COPD And Swine Flu Can Be A Deadly Combination
Some individuals have a higher risk for complications or even death if they are infected with swine flu. Lung conditions like COPD and asthma are a few of the factors that can increase your risk. COPD sufferers have a much higher incidence of severe complications than others.
COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, is a condition that makes it hard to breathe. Most times, this disease gets worse as time goes on. The symptoms of COPD are: coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and other symptoms.
Almost 41 percent of individuals hospitalized in New York suffered from COPD, asthma, or some other lung condition. And recently, 7 swine flu deaths were reported in New York. Of those seven deaths, six of the individuals had some sort of lung disease. If you are afflicted with COPD you should speak with your doctor and ask him if he recommends any special precautions regarding the swine flu, even before an outbreak occurs in your area.
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There are many people who may experience various medical conditions. in the case of COPD, it’s vital to get COPD symptoms diagnosis from specialists who can conduct breathing tests. But of course, it doesn’t mean that they will only do the test on their patients. It’s also important for them to take note of the patient’s full medical and family history to note whether someone from their family also had pulmonary problems. After this assessment, they may subject the patient to physical examinations just to see if there are abnormal growths on the lungs. From this point onward, they would ask the patient to have the blood testing and undergo imaging systems like X-rays. Once everything has been performed, the patient may start doing the breathing tests to their patients.
If you’re not familiar with the breathing tests done in COPD symptoms diagnosis, spirometry is used in order to take note the shortness of breathing and is useful in diagnosing this condition. To do this procedure, what you need to do is to take a deep breath and get as much air as you can. after taking as much air as you can, exhale on a mouth piece connected to a tube. This tube is connected to the computer in order to measure your breathing. This technique is simple but it can be a great help in knowing whether you have COPD or not.
The computer would display the volume of air that you’ve exhaled. With the help of this COPD symptoms diagnosis procedure, you and the physician would know the extent of your lungs’ damage caused by COPD. Typically, the symptoms caused by COPD are something similar to what other pulmonary diseases but this diagnosis would help you know whether your lungs are really inflamed or not. if it’s inflamed due to COPD, your physician will help you in managing symptoms but it will not be treated even with all the approaches used. If you want to know more about COPD in details, you’ll now find a lot of online resources that will help you know more about it while you can also ask your physician personally to get direct information.
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COPD stands Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, here we go another disease for the drug companies to capitalize on. So what the heck is this COPD anyway?
COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) is a progressive disease that keeps your lungs from functioning normally. It is characterized by a gradual loss of lung function. The airways in your lungs are blocked, and breathing takes more effort. You may have started to limit your activities due to shortness of breath. Without proper diagnosis and treatment, you may become less able to do for yourself and be more dependent on others.
Currently in the United States, more than 36.1 million adults are afflicted with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
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AP – The number of overdose deaths from powerful painkillers more than tripled over a decade, the government reported Tuesday — a trend that a U.S. health official called an epidemic, but one that can be stopped.
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A new study found that although 76 percent of obese teens have reported that they are trying to lose weight, their actions show that they might not be properly informed about how to make healthy decisions that will result in weight loss. …
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Weight lost doesn't always equal health gained. That new diet that took inches off your waistline could be harming your health if it locks out or severely restricts entire food groups, like carbs, or relies on supplements with little scientific backing …
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