Respiratory News People with COPD-related anxiety would benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy, a new trial in ERJ Open Research finds. The respiratory symptoms are often upsetting and many experience anxiety as well. This anxiety can aggravate a person’s health, potentially resulting in repeated visits to the hospital. Cognitive therapy is a type of psychotherapy in…
Answers to our Insurance Quiz in the November/December newsletter: Which government program helps elderly Americans pay their health care costs? Medicare is the health insurance program that helps seniors pay for health Medicaid is the program for those with low incomes. In health insurance, “network” means what? A network is a group of doctors,…
The tax-filing season The tax-filing season began on January 28, even amid the government shutdown. This is the first tax year under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act – an over- haul of the code that doubled the standard deduction ($12,000 for singles and $24,000 for married-filing-jointly), and eliminated personal and dependent exemptions. The law…
Sharing the Health! Peg Studdard puts her oxygen tubing in a mesh bag with a towel for 10 minutes in the dryer to warm it up. When she takes it out and stretches it out, it lays flat and eliminates the kinks in the tubing that would shut off her oxygen supply. When using…
The Ryan Report Home Oxygen Guru – The HO2G Pen Question & Answer Do you know if you can use oxygen in the swimming pool? I know you can use a concentrator if it is 10 feet away in the shower, but I have never heard anything about using one for swimming. Would you please…
Fibrosis File Top Pulmonary Fibrosis stories of 2018 from Pulmonary Fibrosis News include: CDTChe reported that dentists and other dental healt hcare personnel may be at risk of developing idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Esbriet and Ofev show significant benefits in slowing IPF A 12-week treatment with experimental drug PBI-4050 stabilized lung function both as a…
Ask Mark … An Arkansas EFFORTS member tells Mark she is walking 10 minutes daily and asks why exercise is so important for lung disease? Mark replies, Folks with COPD and other chronic lung diseases can become trapped in what we call “the vicious or downward spiral”: You have trouble breathing when you move about.…
Do you OR does someone you know live with COPD and Sleep Apnea? The COPD Foundation and American Sleep Apnea Association have partnered to develop a patient-centered study that will provide participants with peer support, a virtual classroom and feedback on how they are using their CPAP device through remote monitoring. The study intends to…
Calling Dr. Bauer … As we start the New Year, I would like to offer my Pulmonary Paper readers my top ten bits of advice for those living with lung disease. Write down the names of all your medications and inhalers. Keep a copy in your wallet, purse and on your refrigerator. Know the proper…
Love and Lung Disease Just in case you always wanted to know but were afraid to ask, we found articles for you on sexuality and lung disease! Maintaining Your Sex Life with COPD, www.verywellhealth.com/sex-and-copd-914978 https://tinyurl.com/ydet83hd Sex and Breathlessness, www.blf.org.uk/support-for- you/sex-and-breathlessness How COPD Affects Your Sex Life, www.healthline. com/health/copd/sex#1