Research

BREATHE LA Center for Healthy Lungs conducts research with the goal of developing treatments and interventions to alieviate the suffering of those afflicted with lung diseases including Asthma, Emphysema, COPD and Tuberculosis.

Current Research at Center for Healthy Lungs

BREATHE LA Center for Healthy Lungs funds research designed to identify interventions that improve quality of life for those suffering with lung disease. Funding is also targeted for research that promotes clean air and develops technology.

2006 -2007 Center for Healthy Lungs research funding

The first award of Center for Healthy Lungs research funding was made in 2007 to Arnold Platzker, MD, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, for his research titled "Childhood Asthma, Inflammatory Markers and Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure"

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Posted August 24th, 2007

BREATHE LIFE NOW: BREATHE LA 2007 Annual Giving Brochure

View BREATHE LIFE NOW --BREATHE LA's 2007 Annual Givng brochure.
Posted March 4th, 2008

Implications Of Staphylococcal Resistance in the Critcally Ill Patient

This lecture will provide an update on recognition, current management, and antimicrobial therapy in staphylococcal resistance in the critically ill patient.

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Posted November 8th, 2007

Emphysema

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.

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Posted November 2nd, 2007

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

Source: National Vital Statistics Report, 2002
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Posted November 2nd, 2007

7th Annual Hans E. Einstein, M.D. Lecture at Barlow Respiratory Hospital

Join your colleagues and the pulmonary/critical care community for

IMPLICATIONS OF STAPHYLOCOCCAL RESISTANCE IN THE CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT

Stanley C. Deresinski, MD, FACP
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California

Sponsored by Barlow Respiratory Hospital and Research Center and Office of Continuing Medical Education, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. Supported by an educational grant from Pfizer, Inc.

Posted October 11th, 2007

National Asthma Guidelines

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.

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Posted August 30th, 2007

Current Research BREATHE LA Center for Healthy Lungs

Chris B. Cooper, MBBS
Controlled feasibility study of a community - based exercise program in
Patients with moderate COPD

Posted August 24th, 2007

Current Research BREATHE LA Center for Healthy Lungs

Arnold Platzker, MD
Childhood asthma, Inflammatory Markers and Environmental Tobacco
Smoke Exposure

Posted August 24th, 2007

Environmental & Medical Nanotechnology Innovations Conference Highlights

This conference successfully gave attendees the opportunity to increase advanced students, medical practitioners and engineering professionals involvement in the U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative and explore the cutting edge of science and technology.

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Posted May 23rd, 2007

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Web Links

These sites were selected as aids for information and education on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

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Posted December 12th, 2006
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