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Telehealth is a virtual service that lets patients interact with a healthcare professional online. This lets doctors and patients connect without being in the same room, or even the same...

The technology needed for virtual healthcare has been around for decades. But virtual care has not been widely used in the United States until recently. The recent public health emergency...

The In America survey is now closed Are you one of the millions of Americans living with COPD? If so, we want to hear from you. To learn more about...

Here is a simple list. It contains what we can look forward to. New discoveries. Science has taken a thousand-year leap just in the past 30 years. I remember studying...

A chronic cough is one of the primary symptoms of COPD. Other symptoms can include: However, many people have COPD and don't realize it for a time, because the symptoms...

Dysphagia is a word you may hear more and more often. It means that someone is having difficulty swallowing. You might find that you have dysphagia if you have COPD...

After living with COPD for a few years, mom had her routine down. However, when I came home for a visit, it seemed that something was off. She and I...

When mom was diagnosed with COPD, us kids were clueless about what she was going to need. I started a list of her medications to get us started. We wrote...

Have you ever noticed that people are usually trying to lose weight? All those adverts and commercials on the TV and social media stating how to lose weight. How about...

Researchers are studying our disease over time. They now understand that many people in our community suffer from weight loss and fatigue. Their goal is to understand why this is...

The active ingredient of Agent Orange is dioxin. This chemical herbicide has been linked to several diseases and cancer. If you are less than 60 years old, you might not...

I admit it, I am a pusher. I will push my ideas on anyone who will listen. Ask me a question and you could be stuck for quite some time...

COPD is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease which is a progressive disease. Progressive means that it can’t be reversed. The hope is, with early diagnosis, the person with COPD can slow...

When mom began to choke more easily after her diagnosis with lung inflammation, I was concerned. For one thing, she was alone at home a lot. Sometimes it took her...

So you tried quitting. You quit cold turkey. You tried a medicine like Chantix. You tried working with your doctor. You quit with a friend. And each time you quit...

When you have a chronic disease like COPD, it's natural to want to do everything you can to make the symptoms go away and to feel your best. Quite often...

How aware are we of our loved ones and those who look out for us? Have we recently shown our appreciation for the consideration they have for us, for our...

You know what? It's ok not to be ok all the time. If you think about it, even people with good health are not ok all the time. It's a...

As I write this article, we are about 50 days away from spring. I started the count-down calendar early in the new year when I realized we were gaining minutes...

COPD is a chronic inflammatory disease that makes it difficult to breathe due to airflow limitations in the lungs. It is often easier to get air in (inhalation) than out...