Flame Retardant Industry: Using Tobacco Industry Tactics to Promote the ... 
Huffington Post
Everyone knows how the tobacco industry denied the health risks of cigarettes for decades and continued to lie about the scientifically proven link between smoking and cancer and emphysema for decades, even after their own studies demonstrated the ...

 

Pulmonx Reports New Publication Confirms Efficacy of Emphysema Treatment 
MarketWatch (press release)
The study is the first to combine the Chartis Pulmonary Assessment System and Zephyr EBV treatment for patients with advanced emphysema. The published results of the study demonstrate that in patients who achieve volume reduction post Endobronchial ...

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PneumRx, Inc. Receives FDA Approval to Commence Pivotal Clinical Trial of ... 
MarketWatch (press release)
The RePneu LVRC System is a minimally invasive device intended to improve lung function in emphysema patients by bronchoscopically implanting Nitinol coils into the lungs to compress diseased tissue (lung volume reduction), restore elastic recoil, ...

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PneumRx, Inc. Receives FDA Approval to Commence Pivotal Clinical Trial of ... 
PR Newswire (press release)
The RePneu LVRC System is a minimally invasive device intended to improve lung function in emphysema patients by bronchoscopically implanting Nitinol coils into the lungs to compress diseased tissue (lung volume reduction), restore elastic recoil, ...

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Elevation Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Phase 2b Results for EP-101 for ... 
MarketWatch (press release)
COPD is a progressive disease comprised of chronic bronchitis and emphysema caused largely by smoking. Despite anti-smoking campaigns, COPD is the fastest growing major disease in the US and around the world. Affecting nearly 13.5 million patients, ...

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Coal Exports From Pacific Northwest Could 'Poison' People From Wyoming To ... 
Huffington Post
Emphysema" -- masks marked with conditions often attributed to coal were scattered among the faces of a Portland, Ore., crowd on Monday. On stage, environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke against the export of Montana and Wyoming coal through ...

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PneumRx, Inc. Receives FDA Approval To Commence Pivotal Clinical Trial Of ... 
Science 2.0 (press release)
The RePneu LVRC System is a minimally invasive device intended to improve lung function in emphysema patients by bronchoscopically implanting Nitinol coils into the lungs to compress diseased tissue (lung volume reduction), restore elastic recoil, ...

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Mother urges testing for Alpha-1 
LaSalle News Tribune
The result for Fuller is shortness of breath and symptoms typical of emphysema or COPD, which make the activities of daily life more difficult. ?It certainly has had its toll on my life,? Fuller said. Over the past year, Fuller has noticed breathing ...

 

TOP 10 Quotes from Allan Sherman ? Thursday's Top Ten List 
Jewocity.com Blog (blog)
Born Allan Copelon in Chicago, in 1924, Sherman died of emphysema just shy of his 49 th birthday. While his life may not have always been a sunny day in Camp Granada?he was divorced, obese and also not doing well financially when he passed?Sherman ...

 

Acupuncture May Be Worth a Shot for COPD 
WebMD
COPD is the umbrella term for chronic lung diseases, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. It is often marked by a chronic cough and shortness of breath. Treatment typically involves the use of inhaled steroids and bronchodilators to open airways ...
Acupuncture May Reduce COPD Symptoms Natural Standard Blog (blog)
Acupuncture may help some people with COPD: study Chicago Tribune
BBC offers series on COPD Battle Creek Enquirer
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