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Scheduling time slots looks different now that I live with COPD

COPD fatigue isn’t like ordinary tiredness. It doesn’t tap you politely on the shoulder. It waits until you’ve cleaned the ...
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Injection therapy may cut rate, impact of severe COPD exacerbations

A single injection of the next-generation drug rademikibart markedly cut the rate and impact of acute exacerbations among adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) over one month versus ...
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Waiting on that one-thing-a-day season in my COPD journey to pass

Share this page with email Share this page on Facebook Share this page on X Share this page on Reddit Print Preferred Source on Google Some days the body whispers; other days it hollers. Mine hollered ...
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Movement isn’t optional with COPD, so I turned to Voltaren to get my steps back

Share this page with email Share this page on Facebook Share this page on X Share this page on Reddit Print Preferred Source on Google Note: This column describes the author’s experiences with ...
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Ragweed season, the humiliating gush, and the uneasy truce with Benadryl

Share this page with email Share this page on Facebook Share this page on X Share this page on Reddit Print Preferred Source on Google Ragweed season has rolled in again, announced by the weather ...
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Study links cognitive function, hand dexterity to proper inhaler use in COPD

Choosing the right inhaler to deliver treatment for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may require considering their cognitive function, hand dexterity, and ability to breathe in ...
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I’m learning a new vocabulary that grants me the courage to face each day

I’ve been thinking lately about how the language of a life shifts over time. Not the big, dramatic changes, not the kind that come with new jobs or new towns, but the quiet ones. The ones that slip ...
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As we age, curiosity becomes a lifeline for those of us with COPD

Share this page with email Share this page on Facebook Share this page on X Share this page on Reddit Print Preferred Source on Google Many of us fall into a quiet trap as we get older. A new ache ...
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What a chemistry professor’s stinky plant taught me about COPD

Some teachers leave you with formulas and lab reports. Others leave you with something that follows you into the harder seasons of life, long after you’ve forgotten the periodic table. When I was ...
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Erasing the stigma of supplemental oxygen so that we can breathe again

There are moments in life with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that divide everything into the before and the after. Some are dramatic, such as the first hospitalization or the first time ...
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New nebulized combo therapy rapidly boosts lung function in COPD

AERO-007 — a combination of two classes of bronchodilators delivered via a standard jet nebulizer — led to rapid and clinically meaningful improvements in lung function among adults with ...