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 LEARN MORE These links have been selected to help educate patients about lung disease and the current state of medical art in the treatment of this disease. What Is Emphysema? at ehealthMD | Link "Emphysema is a lung disease that reduces the ability of the lungs to expel air, a process which depends upon the natural rubber-band-like quality or elastic properties of the lungs. Damage occurs to the tiny airways in the lungs called bronchioles. Bronchioles are joined to alveoli, tiny grape-like clusters of sacs in the lungs where oxygen from the air is exchanged for carbon dioxide from the body. The elastic properties of the lung reside in the tissue around the alveoli." Read more > Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (Data Fact Sheet) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | [PDF] "Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a slowly progressive diesease of the airways that is characterized by a gradual loss of lung function." Read more > Emphysema and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease at LifeExtension | Link "Several lung diseases are collectively known as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), including asthmatic bronchitis, chronic bronchitis (with normal airflow), chronic obstructive bronchitis, bullous disease, and emphysema. About 11% of the population of the United States has COPD, with the disease becoming increasingly common among older women. According to the Mayo Clinic, COPD kills 85,000 people a year in the United States." Read more > American Association of Bronchology www.aabronchology.org American College of Chest Physicians www.chestnet.org American Lung Association www.lungusa.org American Thoracic Society www.thoracic.org European Respiratory Society www.ersnet.org National Emphysema Foundation www.emphysemafoundation.org |
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