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Beetroot Juice Supplements Lower Blood Pressure In COPD Patients

12-week course of daily beetroot juice improves exercise capacity, reduces blood pressure in people with serious lung conditions.

Zenger

Can’t see elders dying due to poor electricity, say relatives of Kashmir’s COPD patients

Hundreds of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease patients, dependent on long-term oxygen therapy during winters, are gasping for oxygen in Kashmir due to prolonged and unprecedented electricity cuts

The Hindu

Outdoor air quality and childhood asthma: Connecting the dots

The smog crisis from October to December is driven by many factors including crop burning, vehicular traffic and industrial emissions. This can be especially harmful for vulnerable populations which includes young children and people suffering from respiratory conditions like asthma, COPD or other chronic lung diseases. Children have developing lungs…

The Times of India

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More Swaas clinics will be opened in Kerala this year: Minister

Kerala Health Minister Veena George announces opening of more COPD clinics (Swaas) in public sector hospitals this year. Second State COPD Centre to open in Thrissur with pulmonary rehab & training centre. 30,000 COPD patients receiving care & follow-up. 5 lakh in State suffer from COPD, managed as part of…

The Hindu

World COPD Day: Know Symptoms, Risk Factors, Ways To Prevent Chronic Lung Disease

People with COPD are at high risk of developing heart disease, lung cancer and other complications, including depression and high blood pressure in the lung arteries.

Medical Daily

World COPD Day: Combating anxiety and depression with COPD

November 15th marks COPD Day, focusing on the 2023 theme "Life - Act Earlier." This theme highlights early attention to lung health, timely identification, and preventive actions. The central message emphasizes that caring for your lungs is directly linked to safeguarding your life, as your life depends on your lung…

The Times of India

Thousands of Aussies are living with chronic lung conditions without knowing it

Hayley Lewthwaite wants to change that.

Newcastle Herald

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Winter air pollution around Diwali and asthma: What you need to know

Diwali, the festival of lights, is a time for celebration in India, but it poses special difficulties for people with respiratory illnesses like asthma, COPD. Usually, the celebration falls around the start of winter, which coincides with a difficult time for people who have specific lung conditions. The increase in…

The Times of India

COPD cure could come from transplanting patient’s own lung cells, say scientists

Researchers have shown damaged lung tissue can be repaired in a small number of patients.

The Independent UK

Targeted screening of diabetic patients ‘could double heart condition diagnoses’

Conditions such as coronary artery disease, atrial fibrillation and heart failure affect millions of people worldwide.

The Independent UK

Study finds how people with low levels of vitamin K have less healthy lungs

People with low levels of vitamin K in their blood are more likely to have reduced lung function and to suffer from asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and wheezing. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Studies shows people with low levels of vitamin K have less healthy lungs

According to a study published in ERJ Open Research people with low levels of vitamin K in their blood are more likely to have impaired lung function and to suffer from asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and wheezing. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Man fears for friend's health in house where mould covers the walls and the floors squelch

David Kelly said his friend's physical and mental health has suffered in recent years including a COPD diagnosis in 2015

Liverpool Echo

Twelfth of July: Warning over impact of smoke from bonfires for people with lung conditions

Those with lung conditions such as asthma or COPD could find smoke from bonfires triggers their symptoms

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Researchers find dupilumab reduces disease in COPD patients with type 2 inflammation

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with type 2 inflammation saw rapid and sustained improvements in their disease after treatment with the monoclonal antibody dupilumab. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Independent UK

Mapped: Pollen in your area as hay fever sufferers warned of deadly surge

A charity has warned high pollen levels could be dangerous to asthma and COPD sufferers

The Independent UK

Mapped: Pollen in your area as hay fever sufferers warned of deadly surge

A charity has warned high pollen levels could be dangerous to asthma and COPD sufferers

The Independent UK

Mapped: Pollen in your area as hay fever sufferers warned of deadly surge

A charity has warned high pollen levels could be dangerous to asthma and COPD sufferers

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Pneumonia-ridden grandad spends TWO days in hospital chair waiting to be seen

Grandfather-of-seven Geoffrey Knell. who already has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) - was left in a chair at Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital

Daily Record

Paisley man hails ‘Quit and Win’ campaign for helping him kick the habit

He has been tobacco free for eight months and decided to stop smoking after losing his wife Mattie to COPD.

Fortune

The U.S. is seeing a shortage of the life-saving drug albuterol. Here’s what patients with respiratory conditions like asthma and COPD need to know

Albuterol, a drug commonly used to treat asthma attacks, is in short supply, increasing anxiety for patients who use it—and for pharmacies and health care facilities that provide it.

Reuters

High power prices drive some patients in Spain into poverty

Jose Maria Casais's 2,700 euros-a-month income from a pension and incapacity benefits ought to leave him better off than most of his fellow Spaniards.

Dynamite News

COPD Patients Are 61 Per Cent More Likely To Die Within A Year After Major Surgery

According to a recent study published in Canadian Medical Association Journal, patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who undergo major surgery are more likely to die in the year following surgery and have greater health-care expenses than equivalent patients without COPD. Read on for details:

Daily Mirror

Woman, 72, forced to wait 13 HOURS in ambulance - but vows to support striking workers

An ambulance was called to their home early on a Sunday afternoon after Kathleen Philipson, who suffers from COPD and had Covid, developed a fast heartbeat. She waited 13 hours outside the hospital

Reason

Diseases That Studies Linked to E-Cigarettes Generally Were Diagnosed Before Subjects Began Vaping

The failure to consider the timing of diagnoses makes it impossible to draw causal inferences.

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