Understanding and Treating COPD
The more you know about COPD, the better you can manage it. Find out about treatments for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Short of Breath? Tips for COPD Breathlessness
Anxiety and panic are normal reactions to feeling you cant get your breath. Its also hard to watch someone you care for struggle to breathe. WebMD offers tips that COPD patients and caregivers can use during episodes of breathlessness.

Quit Smoking for Good
The most important thing anyone with COPD who smokes can do is quit smoking. The second most important thing is to be in a smoke-free environment. Whether you have COPD or are caring for someone with COPD, find out what the experts say about how to quit smoking and make it last.

More foods hinder than help sleep
A number of my apparently sleep-deprived friends and colleagues, upon learning I planned to write about foods that might help people sleep better, have told me they're eager to see what I come up with. Health - Sleep Disorders - Conditions and Diseases - United States - Organizations

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Killarney Diary
A roundup of today's news from Killarney

Transplant recipients see national sports games as inspiration for living
Regardless of the temperature outdoors, Tiffany Van Alst can usually be found in a modest long-sleeve shirt, hiding the six or seven scars peppered along her abdomen and arms.

D.C. area power outages after storm frustrate people with medical needs
When the lights flickered in Adele Becker's Silver Spring home Sunday, she didn't think much of it at first. Business - Electronics and Electrical - Substation and Transmission - Electric power transmission - Power outage

Heart device pumps new life into men from York Co.
On Sept. 11, 2001, New York City Police Officer German Saldarriaga wanted to help fellow officers as they worked through the chaos.

Measuring Exacerbations Of COPD: A Novel Approach
Exacerbations are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), leading to dramatic reductions in quality of life and expensive emergency room visits and hospitalizations. To date, there has been no standard, validated method for defining or evaluating these events in clinical trials, limiting scientific understanding of these events and the effect of ...

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