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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Smokers unconcerned about developing COPD though over half have symptoms weekly
December 16th, 2004
Nearly two-thirds (64%) of smokers are not concerned about developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), America's fourth ranking cause of death, even though more than half of them (55%) experience at least 1 of the symptoms of COPD a minimum of once a week. This is according to a national independent survey conducted on behalf of the American Lung Association and Altana Pharma US. COPD refers to a large group of lung diseases characterized by obstruction to airflow that interferes with normal breathing. Emphysema and chronic bronchitis are the most important conditions that compose COPD and they may co-exist, hence physicians prefer the...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2004-12-16)
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