Intermittent Flow Devices Many Variables Exist in Oxygen Delivery Systems We are all familiar with continuous flow oxygen – you set the dial to a liter flow setting and oxygen isperpetually delivered to the user at that set flow rate. It’s a pretty basic concept, which has helped continuous flow oxygen delivery remain a “gold…
For more effective treatment of your COPD, Initiate An Open Conversation with Your Doctor According to a study by the Nation- aulteIsnsotfit Health, patients and their doctors need to have open conversations to more effectively treat COPD. Interestingly, current smokers are 82 percent more likely to talk with their doctors about their symptoms than former…
Lung Transplant News Promising news for those waiting for a lung transplant! Dr. Thomas Egan, from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is using the fact that lungs live on for an hour or more after a person pass- es away to boost lung transplants. The air left inside the lungs keeps them…
Looking Back over the Last Fifty Years The Surgeon General’s recent report, The Health Consequences of Smoking- 50 Years of Progress, confirmed smoking is responsible for killing almost half a million Americans every year including 61% of all lung disease deaths more than 87% of those from lung cancer. The first was published on January…
Progress in Stem Cell Research There has been progress in efforts to develop lab-grown lungs. Scientists from New York’s Columbia University have successfully turned human stem cells into functional lung and airway cells for the first time. The researchers believe it could lead to the creation of lab-made lungs, using a patient’s own cells. As…
Sharing the Health! The Pulmonary Wellness & Rehabilitation Center in Manhattan will host live webinars that bring the experience of a Better Breathers Club meeting to those who do not have the opportunity to at- tend a support group. “Better Breathers Clubs are meetings where people with COPD and other lung diseases can come to…