Research

BREATHE LA Center for Healthy Lungs / UCLA COPD Study

Julia — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:20:28 -0500

Breathe California of Los Angeles County (BREATHE LA) Center for Healthy Lungs and UCLA are conducting a lung health research project and are seeking subjects who suffer from mild COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease )

COPD

California Society of Respiratory Care

msmith — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:24:04 -0600

An affiliate of the American Association of Respiratory Care (AARC), is a non-profit professional organization, whose mission is to represent and encourage excellence in the art and science of cardiopulmonary support.

Asthma

Health Professions Education Foundation

msmith — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:31:25 -0600

This foundation awards scholarships and loan repayments to health professional students and graduates who will provide direct patient care in medically underserved areas.

Research

Implications Of Staphylococcal Resistance in the Critcally Ill Patient

msmith — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:11:28 -0600

The 7th Annual
Hans E. Einstein, MD Lecture

Join your colleagues and the pulmonary/ critical care community for

Implications Of Staphylococcal Resistance in the Critcally Ill Patient

When

Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007

6:00 p.m. - Social Hour, Library
7:00 p.m. - Dinner, Dining Room
8:00 p.m. - Scientific Session, Williams Hall

Where

Barlow Respiratory Hospital
2000 Stadium Way
Los Angeles, CA 90026

Healthy Lungs

Over 3 million Americans (2 out of every, 1,000 residents) suffer from emphysema.

Julia — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:41:02 -0500

COPD

Emphysema

Julia — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:39:53 -0500

What is Emphysema?

Emphysema is a serious disease that affects the lungs. While symptoms may appear rapidly and quickly become severe, the disease itself develops over a long period of time.

When a person is suffering from emphysema, the tiny air sacs (called alveoli) in the lungs are damaged and lose their ability to stretch. This allows air to become trapped in the lungs, making it difficult to exchange with new air. This makes it hard to breathe and can lead to a host of lung problems as well as death.

Tobacco

80-90% of all COPD is caused by smoking. Smokers are ten times more likely to die from COPD.

Julia — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:11:36 -0500

COPD

COPD is the 4th leading cause of death in the United States.

Julia — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:05:08 -0500

Healthy Lungs

Asthma is the most common chronic condition in children, affecting more than one child in 20.

Julia — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:05:04 -0500

Research

National Asthma Guidelines

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:16:12 -0500

Updated New Approaches for Monitoring Asthma Control, Expanded Recommendations for Children

The National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) issued the first comprehensive update in a decade of clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma.

Asthma