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COPD a more common consequence of smoking
May 8, 2012
Columbus (NE) Telegram
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May 8, 2012 13:41
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Bahrain Doctors See Rise in Youth Suffering From Smoking-Related Lung Disease
Local doctors in Bahrain have warned of an alarming rise in the number of young people suffering from the smoking-related lung disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD).
Nov 27, 2012
MENAFN.com
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Nov 27, 2012 12:26
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Age and smoking may predict COPD
A patient's age and the number of cigarettes smoked over time can predict mortality in cases of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, researchers say. Spirometry results were not a predictor, they reported at the European Respiratory Society's annual me
Sep 10, 2012
Reuters
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Sep 11, 2012 13:07
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Only 19% of seniors with lung disease quit smoking within two years
A recent study of adults age 50 to 85 found that only 19 percent of those diagnosed with lung disease quit smoking within two years. Furthermore, the research showed that the vast majority of older adults who learn they have a chronic condition do not ad
Aug 1, 2012
News-Medical.net
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Aug 2, 2012 07:36
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Pretty much everyone in China smokes, is going to die from COPD
Virginia Hughes has a long piece in September's issue of the scientific journal Nature, in which she examines the state of smoking and respiratory disease in China. Hughes quotes World Health Organisation estimates which suggest chronic obstructive pulmo
Oct 5, 2012
Shanghaiist (blog)
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Oct 6, 2012 05:49
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[Mexico] Call for more COPD screening for smokers
Screening smokers with spirometry for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) picks up more cases than symptom-based detection, research suggests. The authors say the findings highlight the need for more screening in primary care, which is seldom u
Jan 22, 2013
News-Medical.net
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Jan 22, 2013 22:21
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[Pakistan] 'Smoking causes pulmonary disease'
MEDICAL experts have termed cigarette and sheesha smoking a major cause of the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which may become the third largest killer disease in the world by 2020.
Nov 18, 2012
The News (pk)
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Nov 18, 2012 23:28
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[India] Even non-smoking women suffer COPD through 'chulha' smoke
Though an exhaustive study covering the whole state has not been carried out yet, patients screened at the T B and chest diseases hospital in St Inez for COPD, showed that even non-smoking women who are exposed to 'chulha' smoke suffer from COPD.
Jan 23, 2013
Times of India
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Jan 23, 2013 05:37
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[Pakistan] Smoking major cause of pulmonary disease: experts
COPD has been spreading fast in our country as 50 per cent men and 11 per cent women have become addicted to sheesha smoking. While an ordinary cigarette contains 4,700 chemicals injurious to health, the sheesha smoking is far more dangerous due to its co
Nov 18, 2012
The News (pk)
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Nov 18, 2012 19:52
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[UK] Stop smoking and mark World COPD Day
IN 2012, 32,973 people were registered as having Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in Northern Ireland. The most common cause of COPD is smoking, so to mark this year’s World COPD day (November 14), the Public Health Agency (PHA) is encouragi
Nov 18, 2012
Ballymena Times (uk)
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Nov 18, 2012 13:14