81. National Emphysema/COPD Assoc Welcome to the National emphysema/COPD Association (NECA) web site.This site is dedicated to providing support and information http://cluster.lrri.org/NECA/

Welcome to the National Emphysema/COPD Association (NECA) web site. This site is dedicated to providing support and information to people suffering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). On this site, you will find useful information about what COPD is, resources to help you manage it, and organizations that are doing research on COPD. For more information about COPD or NECA, please E-mail Barbara Rogers Our Mission NECA is a patient-centered, member-driven, and member-governed organization. Our mission is to empower patients, families and caregivers to improve the quality of patient care and the quality of their lives. If you'd like membership information click here Click here to make a donation to NECA. A National COPD Conference is being organized by the US COPD Coalition for November 14-15, 2003 in Arlington, Virginia. The Conference will include lectures, workshops, roundtable discussions, posters, and abstract presentations. It will feature nationally renowned speakers with diverse expertise in the management of COPD. Visit the US COPD Coalition website for more information about the program, registration fees, abstract submission and more.

82. Cigarette Anyone? Firsthand accounts of what it is like to live with the diseases caused by cigarettes. http://www.emphysema.net/my.html

Claycomo Plaza * 411 NE US HWY 69 * Claycomo, Mo. 64119 * FAX 816-413-0176 CIGARETTE ANYONE? Why you shouldn't smoke and what it is like to have Emphysema from those with the disease. Contributed by members of EFFORTS (Emphysema Foundation For Our Right To Survive) Click on above to visit our website Most of us started smoking back in the 40's and 50's. The money spent, even back then, by the tobacco companies, were in the billions of dollars, just in advertisements and cigarette handouts. Even now, their advertising dollars are directed to the younger generation. If you would like a sampling of the older advertisements, we are thankful to Chickenhead.com for making these available to us. Just click on Cigarette Ads Glenda Jones I have a disease know as emphysema. I would like to give all teenagers a brief description of my life as a person with emphysema. The facts that I provide to you will be a true-life experience of my trials and tribulation of my disease. Young people sometimes do not realize that smoking can destroy their future. They do not understand the problems that can develop from smoking. They do not understand the affect it can have on their health. When I was a young person, I never realized that smoking could diminish the most important factor in my life my breathing. When you can't breath you begin to realize how insignificant a cigarette can be in meeting your daily habit. I wish now I had never had a habit of smoking. I realize now breathing is a life function you can not live without, but cigarettes you can. If you had endured the pain I have suffered throughout the last ten years, you would never smoke a cigarette. I have had several collapsed lungs. I have had my back cut open, and had my lung partially removed. I have also spent months at a time in a hospital away from my family. The suffering is still not over; I now have to have my other lung partially removed. This procedure will prolong my life, for a later lung transplant.

83. Tobacco Victims - About Us musician Desi Arnaz, actor and husband of Lucille Ball, lung cancer, 69 Lucille Ball,actress Leonard Bernstein, composer, lung cancer and emphysema, 72 Amanda http://www.tobaccovictims.org/celebrities.shtml

Tobacco Victims Home Registration Memorial Celebrities ... About TobaccoVictims.org Celebrities who died from tobacco-related diseases From Tobacco Control, Winter 1994, p. 301, ASH Review, March-April 1993, and other media sources See also A Few of Our Losses . . . a list compiled by Gene Borio ( Tobacco BBS Home Registration Memorial ... About

84. Drug InfoNet Doctors' Answers To Frequently Asked Questions - Emphysema FAQs about emphysema. http://www.druginfonet.com/faq/faqemphy.htm

Doctors' Answers to "Frequently Asked Questions" - Emphysema These comments are made for the purpose of discussion and should NOT be used as recommendations for or against therapies or other treatments. An individual patient is always advised to consult their own physician. Emphysema [posted 11/3/98] Question: I am a 43 year old female who has been treated for hiatil hernia/gerd since 1991 nothing completely helped. I would really like to know your opinion of the meds the dr. has me on. At night it's worse of all i can't sleep because I have alot of trouble breathing. I have tried everything they told me to and I feel like I've swallowed a golf ball all the time. Answer: You didn't name the drugs. Usual drugs are drugs to decrease acid(Zantac, etc at first and then Prilosec or Prevacid) and then drugs to decrease reflux. This is usually propulsid since reglan(the other) can have long term neurologic side effects. Lastly is surgical repairs. Usually done through the laparoscope by putting a ring type structure around the esophagus and keeping the stomach in the abdomen. Emphysema [posted 8/6/98] Question: I have suddenly developed a form of emphysema, with difficulty breathing, sometimes with very little exertion. At other times I can perform strenuous exercise with no apparent adverse effects. I was taking doxycycline about eight months ago and was trying to be careful in avoiding the sun. One day I went for a walk and forgot a hat on a sunny day and was stricken with exhaustion, high fever (105 degrees) and had to be taken to the emergency room. Is doxycycline a possible culprit for my emphysema?

85. Test Your Knowledge Of Emphysema Take this test to find out how much you know about emphysema, and then readon in the condition forum to learn more about emphysema. Quizzes. http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/tl/rq/emphysemaquiz.jsp

86. Emphysema emphysema. emphysema is the most common cause of death from respiratory diseasein the United States, and is the fourth most common cause of death overall. http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/emphysema.html

Encyclopedia Index E Home Encyclopedia Encyclopedia Index E Emphysema Definition Emphysema is a chronic respiratory disease where there is over-inflation of the air sacs (alveoli) in the lungs, causing a decrease in lung function, and often, breathlessness. Description Emphysema is the most common cause of death from respiratory disease in the United States, and is the fourth most common cause of death overall. There are 1.8 million Americans with the disease, which ranks fifteenth among chronic conditions that cause limitations of activity. The disease is usually caused by smoking , but a small number of cases are caused by an inherited defect. Normally functioning lungs are elastic, efficiently expanding and recoiling as air passes freely through the bronchus to the alveoli, where oxygen is moved into the blood and carbon dioxide is filtered out. When a person inhales cigarette smoke or certain other irritants, his or her immune system responds by releasing substances that are meant to defend the lungs against the smoke. These substances can also attack the cells of the lungs, but the body normally inhibits such action with the release of other substances. In smokers and those with the inherited defect, however, no such prevention occurs and the lung tissue is damaged in such a way that it loses its elasticity. The small passageways (bronchioles) leading to the alveoli collapse, trapping air within the alveoli. The alveoli, unable to recoil efficiently and move the air out, over expand and rupture. As the disease progresses, coughing and

87. Onhealth With WebMD A look at emphysema with an introduction, a look at the symptoms, causes and treatments. http://onhealthnetworkcompany.com/ch1/resource/conditions/item,309.asp

88. Emphysema And COPD Primer, Treatments And New Medicines -CareInternet.net emphysema and COPD. Did you know that Cigarette Smoking causes more casesof emphysema than all other causes combined? Primer On emphysema. http://www.careinternet.com/patient/emphysema.php

Sunday, March 30th 2003 Polls Contact Us Home Site map ... Recent news Emphysema and COPD Did you know that Cigarette Smoking causes more cases of emphysema than all other causes combined? In the early stages of emphysema, stopping smoking completely arrests the disease and returns lung function to normal. In advanced disease, kicking the habit still improves lung function and decreases cough and shortness of breath. Doctors and nurses at C.A.R.E. Clinical Research use the latest techniques to help you stop smoking. These include drugs to suppress the smoking urge, nicotine replacement, and behavioral therapy. Contact us about ways to stop smoking In advanced emphysema, patients lose weight despite their best efforts to maintain body weight. At C.A.R.E. Clinical Research we are evaluating new drugs to help patients with emphysema regain lost weight. Contact us about participation in these new studies. Primer On Emphysema Pulmonary emphysema, sometimes called chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), affects some ten million people in the USA today. Most people develop emphysema from cigarette smoking, but a few can inherit the disease or develop it from industrial exposure.

89. Surgical Treatment For Emphysema An article about the procedure designed to improve respiratory function in a select group of patients with severe bullous emphysema. http://www.cheshire-med.com/programs/pulrehab/lvrs.html

Search Site Map Chronic Lung Disease Resources Pulmonary Rehabilitation ... Health Surgical Treatment for Emphysema (Please Note: Lung Volume Reduction Surgery is not currently available at Cheshire Medical Center or Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. If interested, you should discuss with your physician whether this procedure is appropriate for you and where the nearest center is located.) Lung Reduction Surgery is a procedure designed to improve respiratory function in a select group of patients with severe bullous emphysema. In patient with emphysema normal lung tissue is often replaced by large "bullae". Bullae are thin walled balloon-like structures that can expand to compress relatively normal lung causing further reduction in lung capacity. Bullae more often occur in the upper portions of the lung and when they are localized or are very large their surgical removal (bullectomy) may allow better function in the remaining lung. For other emphysema patients bullae may be distributed more homogeneously throughout the lung. In these patients the lungs may also become over inflated for the size of the chest cavity leaving inadequate space for expansion. By surgically reducing the size of the lungs some patients have noted significant improvement in symptoms due to this over expansion and loss of elasticity.

90. St. Louis Missouri Emphysema, Chronic Bronchitis, COPD, Clinical Trials. information. emphysemaemphysema, sometimes referred to as COPD, isa very debilitating disease that destroys lung tissue. Heavy http://www.careinternet.com/patient/drugstudies.php

Sunday, March 30th 2003 Polls Contact Us Home Site map ... Recent news Current Drug Studies C.A.R.E. Clinical Research is one of many sites performing investigational drug studies in the United States. Our main area of expertise is pulmonary medicine. We also specialize in antithrombotic therapy . This page will list our current and future studies. You can click on the links to view more detailed information about a particular investigational study. Current studies Hospital and community acquired pneumonia -Pneumonia is a bacterial infection of the lungs. Symptoms include: high fever, increased sputum production, and extreme fatigue. Some people develop walking pneumonia and will not notice any of these symptoms but still have the bacterial infection. If you live in the St. Louis area and are feeling these symptoms, give our offices a call for more information. Emphysema -Emphysema, sometimes referred to as COPD, is a very debilitating disease that destroys lung tissue. Heavy smokers sometimes develop symptoms after long sustained cigarette use. It usually occurs in patients forty years of age or older. Patients may have difficulty catching their breath doing simple tasks, such as walking up the stairs, or they may have a chronic cough.

91. Emphasys Medical, Inc. - Focused On COPD And Emphysema About Emphasys. Products. Patients. Clinicians.Contact Us. Search. built@zoomedia.com. http://www.emphasysmedical.com/wt/home

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92. Scientists Find Clue To Why Few Smokers Get Emphysema Scientists find clue to why few smokers get emphysema. Thursday, March 13, 2003. Strainsof mice that lack the gene for it are resistant to emphysema. http://www.post-gazette.com/healthscience/20030313emphysemap2.asp

Pittsburgh, PA Sunday March 30, 2003 News Sports Lifestyle Classifieds ... About Us Take me to... Search Local News Nation/World Sports Obituaries Lifestyle Business Opinion Photo Journal Weather Classifieds PG Store PG Delivery Web Extras Contact Us About Us Help Corrections Site Map Health Science Environment Home Scientists find clue to why few smokers get emphysema Thursday, March 13, 2003 By Byron Spice, Post-Gazette Science Editor Scientists may be closing in on the answer to an old smoking-and-health question: Why do only a minority of heavy smokers develop emphysema? Genetic differences are an obvious possibility and researchers have previously fingered a gene that appears to be key to developing the chronic lung disease. But a study published today in the journal Nature suggests that other genes not previously suspected may play a role that's just as important. The results are exciting, said Dr. Anita Roberts, chief of the Laboratory of Cell Regulation and Carcinogenesis at the National Cancer Institute, because they suggest a new approach to developing drugs to treat or prevent emphysema. An estimated 2 percent of adult men and 1 percent of adult women suffer emphysema, which together with chronic bronchitis is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States and a major cause of disability.

93. InteliHealth: emphysema And Nutrition. There is little that a diet, even a healthyone, can do to help prevent the onset of emphysema. About 85 http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/32172/32177/35391.html?d=dmtConten

94. InteliHealth: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Reviewed bythe Faculty of Harvard Medical School emphysema http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/32172/32179/266753.html?d=dmtHealt

95. HealthWorld Online Signs, symptoms, and treatment of emphysema. http://www.healthy.net/library/books/healthyself/emphysema.htm

96. Emphysema And Bronchitis/COPD emphysema and Bronchitis/COPD Diseases We Treat at National Jewish Medical and ResearchCenter 1 Respiratory Hospital in America. emphysema and Bronchitis/COPD. http://www.njc.org/diseases/dt17.html

Emphysema and Bronchitis/COPD Emphysema and Bronchitis (COPD) Programs COPD Disease Management Programs Understanding COPD Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency ... COPD live chat summary Feel free to call the LungLine at 1-800-222-LUNG to talk with a registered nurse about your COPD care. National Jewish established the Emphysema/COPD Center to assist patients and physicians in managing and controlling the disease. Our specialists evaluate: Emphysema Chronic Bronchitis Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency/Inherited Emphysema Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program National Emphysema Therapeutic Trial (NETT) Dedicated to care and discovery. Since 1899. Ranked the #1 Respiratory Hospital in America five years in a row U.S. News and World Report Home Contact Glossary Businesses/Sponsors ... Laboratory Services

97. Fish Oils And Emphysema/cystic Fibrosis Summaries of the latest research concerning fish oils and emphysema and cystic fibrosis. http://www.oilofpisces.com/emphysema.html

INTERNATIONAL HEALTH NEWS DATABASE Fish Oils and Emphysema/Cystic Fibrosis Summaries of the latest research concerning fish oils and emphysema/cystic fibrosis Lung disease and fish oils - A review of the evidence BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. The idea that fish and fish oils may protect against lung disease developed from early studies of the dietary habits of Greenland Eskimos. Dr. D.F. Horrobin hypothesized that the high content of omega-3 fatty acids in the Eskimo diet is at least partially responsible for the low prevalence of lung disease in this population group. This makes biological sense inasmuch as omega-3 fatty acids (notably from fish and fish oils) are known to inhibit the synthesis of the inflammatory eicosanoids involved in lung diseases. Dr. Schwartz concludes that there is a good case for fish and fish oils being protective against the development of chronic lung diseases, but that more research is needed to establish conclusive proof of benefits. Schwartz, Joel. Role of polyunsaturated fatty acids in lung disease. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 71 (suppl), January 2000, pp. 393S-96S Intravenous fish oil infusion safe for CF patients NEW YORK, NY. Seriously ill cystic fibrosis (CF) patients cannot absorb fats and other nutrients properly and therefore often need infusions of essential fatty acids. These infusions are most often based on linoleic acid as many CF patients have been found to have a deficiency of this omega-6 fatty acid. There is now substantial evidence that long-chain omega-3 fatty acids found in fish oils can suppress inflammatory processes such as those involved in CF.

98. Maryland Center For The National Emphysema Treatment Trial Information Guide , causes, symptoms and treatments of emphysema are in this informationguide presented by The Maryland Center for the National emphysema Treatment...... http://www.marylandemphysema.com/

Maryland Center for the National Emphysema Treatment Trial - (MD-NETT) w elcome to the MD-NETT Information Guide , presented by University of Maryland Medicine Emphysema Facts About Us How to Participate Contact Emphysema Facts What is emphysema? Emphysema, short for pulmonary emphysema, is a chronic lung condition in which alveoli, or air sacs, may be: destroyed narrowed collapsed stretched over-inflated Over-inflation of the air-sacs is a result of a breakdown of the walls of the alveoli, and causes a decrease in respiratory function and breathlessness. Damage to the air sacs is irreversible and results in permanent "holes" in the tissues of the lower lungs. What causes emphysema? Emphysema does not develop suddenly, but occurs very gradually. The lung has a system of elastic fibers that allow the lungs to expand and contract. Pulmonary emphysema occurs when a breakdown in the chemical balance that protects the lungs against the destruction of the elastic fibers occurs. There are a number of reasons for the breakdown in chemical balance: smoking exposure to air pollution irritating fumes and dusts on the job a rare inherited form of the disease called alpha 1-antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency-related pulmonary emphysema, or early onset pulmonary emphysema

99. Med Link America;EmphysemaCopd, Erectile Dysfunction, Monitoring Provides respiratory medications and diabetic testing supplies. Includes ordering instructions.Category Health Pharmacy Pharmacies......emphysema Your source for Erectile dysfunction, Copd, Ipratropium bromide, Copdtreatment, Diabetic testing, Blood glucose monitor, testing supply, Nebulizer http://medlinkamerica.com/

YOUR LINK TO BETTER HEALTHCAR E Phone: (800)669-0456 / Fax: (800)659-8283 CONVENIENT, RELIABLE PRESCRIPTION DELIVERY AT LITTLE OR NO COST TO YOU* Respiratory Diabetic Erectile Dysfunction Seniors ... MABISMistII Who We Are... New, Ultrasonic Nebulizer Under $200!** Med Link America Pharmacy is a leading provider of respiratory medications and diabetic testing supplies. We specialize in Nebulizer treatment solutions for Emphysema and COPD, blood glucose testing supplies and Erectile Dysfunction. Our goal is to make healthcare simpler so you can enjoy better health and improve your quality of life. Since 1988, we have helped tens of thousands of people treat conditions from Emphysema to Erectile Dysfunction. We can help you too. What We Offer... EMPHYSEMA? COPD? NEED NEBULIZER TREATMENTS? If you have Emphysema, COPD or another respiratory ailment and you often use nebulizer treatments, Med Link America Pharmacy is here to help you! We deliver Medicare-covered nebulizer treatment solutions such as albuterol sulfate, ipratropium bromide and cromolyn sodium. You get monthly supplies of the medicine(s) you use when you take a nebulizer treatment, delivered directly to your home or office. DIABETIC? USE A BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITOR?

100. Emphysema Treatment Information Guide , causes, symptoms and treatments of emphysema is in this informationguide presented by University of Maryland Medicine. emphysema....... http://www.emphysematreatment.org/

Emphysema w elcome to the Emphysema Guide , presented by University of Maryland Medicine Description Treatments Resources Description What is emphysema? Emphysema, short for pulmonary emphysema, is a chronic lung condition in which alveoli, or air sacs, may be: destroyed narrowed collapsed stretched over-inflated Over-inflation of the air-sacs is a result of a breakdown of the walls of the alveoli, and causes a decrease in respiratory function and breathlessness. Damage to the air sacs is irreversible and results in permanent "holes" in the tissues of the lower lungs. Causes Emphysema does not develop suddenly, but occurs very gradually. The lung has a system of elastic fibers that allow the lungs to expand and contract. Pulmonary emphysema occurs when a breakdown in the chemical balance that protects the lungs against the destruction of the elastic fibers occurs. There are a number of reasons for the breakdown in chemical balance: smoking exposure to air pollution irritating fumes and dusts on the job a rare inherited form of the disease called alpha 1-antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency-related pulmonary emphysema, or early onset pulmonary emphysema

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