]> http://www.healthedia.com/tags/emphysema Blog Articles Tagged with 'emphysema' at http://www.healthedia.com en http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/926897?rsstype=tag&tag=emphysema Haemair Ltd., a Welsh company out of Swansea, has won this year's Stopford Projects Award for Bioprocess Innovation from the UK's Institution of Chemical Engineers. The company says that it is working on a compact prosthetic lung capable of doing the... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/926897?rsstype=tag&tag=emphysema Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:00:01 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitsugar-healthy-happy-you/923633?rsstype=tag&tag=emphysema I can rant about smoking cigarettes until I am blue in the face. It can lead to asthma, bronchitis, emphysema, and lung cancer; you all know that. Unfortunately even with that knowledge, many Americans continue to puff away. Take this quiz on recent ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitsugar-healthy-happy-you/923633?rsstype=tag&tag=emphysema Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:00:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/921375?rsstype=tag&tag=emphysema IBV Valve, the Intra-Bronchial Valve from Spiration, Inc. of Redmond, Washington, has been given Humanitarian Device Exemption (HDE) approval from the FDA to control prolonged air leaks of the lung, or significant air leaks that are likely to bec... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/921375?rsstype=tag&tag=emphysema Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:27:49 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-news-from-dlife/919920?rsstype=tag&tag=emphysema OCtober 13, 2008 (Press Release) - A protein made by the liver in response to inflammation and used to treat patients suffering from a genetic form of emphysema has been shown to restore blood glucose levels in a mouse model of Type 1 diabetes mellit... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-news-from-dlife/919920?rsstype=tag&tag=emphysema Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:09:41 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-news-from-dlife/920225?rsstype=tag&tag=emphysema OCtober 13, 2008 (Press Release) - A protein made by the liver in response to inflammation and used to treat patients suffering from a genetic form of emphysema has been shown to restore blood glucose levels in a mouse model of Type 1 diabetes mellit... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-news-from-dlife/920225?rsstype=tag&tag=emphysema Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:09:41 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/919198?rsstype=tag&tag=emphysema Spiration, Inc out of Redmond, Washington received European approval to market the company's IBV Valve, an intra-bronchial device designed for the treatment of diseased and damaged lung, an indication that includes the treatment of emphysema and ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/919198?rsstype=tag&tag=emphysema Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:46:12 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/get-ready-for-flu/917851?rsstype=tag&tag=emphysema Hack, hack, wheeze...achoo? If you or someone you care about is a smoker, you may have noticed that flu season can be particularly trying on your health. But ever wonder why?Researchers have long observed that smokers suffer much more from the flu an... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/get-ready-for-flu/917851?rsstype=tag&tag=emphysema Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:47:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/baseline-of-health/916972?rsstype=tag&tag=emphysema I do not like broccoli, George Bush, Senior, once said, And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli. If George Sr was trying to... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/baseline-of-health/916972?rsstype=tag&tag=emphysema Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:30:05 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-butterys/913915?rsstype=tag&tag=emphysema ANN ARBOR, Mich. New research suggests that cadmium is one of the critical ingredients causing emphysema, and even low-level exposure attained through second-hand smoke and other means may also increase the chance of developing lung disease. The Un... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-butterys/913915?rsstype=tag&tag=emphysema Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:15:12 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitsugar-healthy-happy-you/910554?rsstype=tag&tag=emphysema We all know that using tobacco products is a sure way to be on the road to asthma, emphysema, and lung cancer. New research, putting a kind of reverse engineering twist to that carcinogenic scenario, is using tobacco to fight cancer. Scientists at St... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitsugar-healthy-happy-you/910554?rsstype=tag&tag=emphysema Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:30:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-zs-medical-report/907562?rsstype=tag&tag=emphysema Most likely, Amy Winehouse doesn t have emphysema. Yet. Most likely, her doctor s said something like If you don t stop smoking that bad cough you have already will just get worse and lead to chronic bronchitis, emphysema and COPD. Not on... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-zs-medical-report/907562?rsstype=tag&tag=emphysema Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:20:07 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitsugar-healthy-happy-you/902812?rsstype=tag&tag=emphysema It's been super hot in my neck of the woods lately, which has led me to take my workouts indoors. Not only do I not want to risk heat stroke, but I'm also concerned about all the exhaust and smoke on the streets. New research says that even when it h... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitsugar-healthy-happy-you/902812?rsstype=tag&tag=emphysema Mon, 19 May 2008 12:00:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/lung-blog/901969?rsstype=tag&tag=emphysema Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a complex health condition involving high blood pressures in the arteries of the lung. A patient may have PH due to inadequate oxygen in the blood, as in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD emphysema and chroni... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/lung-blog/901969?rsstype=tag&tag=emphysema Mon, 12 May 2008 19:05:53 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/time-goes-by/900774?rsstype=tag&tag=emphysema The results are in and I ve spent the weekend creating cute little graphs for each question. They will be posted during most of this week in small groupings of questions so we don't succumb to information overload and can have a sensible discussio... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/time-goes-by/900774?rsstype=tag&tag=emphysema Mon, 05 May 2008 05:34:32 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/kevin-md-medical-weblog/898236?rsstype=tag&tag=emphysema Anna Reisman: I suddenly realized how quiet it was. Her shoulders and chest were heaving, but she wasn t breathing. She was trembling, the tears streaming down her cheeks, and she couldn t take a breath to use the inhaler. I sat still, trying to... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/kevin-md-medical-weblog/898236?rsstype=tag&tag=emphysema Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:08:27 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/clinical-cases/898282?rsstype=tag&tag=emphysema The NYTimes CASES series describes the story of a lady with severe COPD: And she began to cry. But something was wrong. The woman was fumbling frantically in her large handbag. I can t cry! she croaked, her voice faint.I suddenly realized how... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/clinical-cases/898282?rsstype=tag&tag=emphysema Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:10:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/baseline-of-health/891476?rsstype=tag&tag=emphysema Genetic testing is beginning to emerge as a viable medical option, and the opposing teams are lining up. On one side stands the medical community, all a-flush with new possibilities for diagnosing and heading off illness--not to mention a myriad o... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/baseline-of-health/891476?rsstype=tag&tag=emphysema Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:39:21 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/celebrity-health/891350?rsstype=tag&tag=emphysema Conservative writer and commentator William F. Buckley, Jr. died on Wednesday at the age of 82 while working in his study in Stamford, Connecticut. He had been suffering with emphysema and diabetes.In 1945 Buckley enrolled at Yale University where h... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/celebrity-health/891350?rsstype=tag&tag=emphysema Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:03:24 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/890587?rsstype=tag&tag=emphysema Leave it to the blog Aggravated DocSurg, one of our favorite reads, to connect surgery and bubble wrap. We plead guilty to grabbing and popping all the bubble wrap we can find. But that happens in the O.R., too? Well, we now know, thanks to the Aggra... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/890587?rsstype=tag&tag=emphysema Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:34:55 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/allergies-and-asthma/884770?rsstype=tag&tag=emphysema The treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD, formerly known as emphysema or chronic bronchitis with airway obstruction) is a rapidly expanding 5 billion dollar per year market for inhaler manufacturers. Large COPD public awareness (p... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/allergies-and-asthma/884770?rsstype=tag&tag=emphysema Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:50:00 -0500