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Danica Patrick’s crusade against COPD

In the coming months, famed race car driver Danica Patrick will be spending her time on and off the track raising awareness for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), an under-diagnosed condition that affects millions of Americans.Patrick’s own life was touched by the disease when her grandmother died of COPD in 2001 at the age of 65.  The disease had also stripped Patrick’s grandmother of the ability to walk and breathe on her own during her last years of life.“In the end, she was in a wheelchair, on oxygen 24 hours a day,” Patrick told FoxNews.com.  “Her quality of life was very compromised.  It was sad to see.”COPD includes two main conditions: emphysema and chronic bronchitis – or, more commonly, some combination of the two.  Among the symptoms of COPD: coughing that produces large amounts of mucus, wheezing, shortness of breath and chest tightness.“What usually brings a patient in if they’re short of breath, they have a chronic cough, chest pain or a hernia, which occurs mo...

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    Janette Seltzer developed a bad habit in the 1950s: She started smoking.“I started working when you were able to smoke and work, which didn't do me any favors,” Selt...

  2. Stop Smoking to Prevent Further Damage From COPD

    An estimated 12 million Americans are currently diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and another 12 million more may have the disease without ...

  3. Stop Smoking to Manage Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

    Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may affect up to 24 million people, according to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. COPD is characterized by...

  4. Avoid Smoking, Indoor Pollution to Prevent Emphysema

    Emphysema, one of several diseases collectively known as common obstructive pulmonary disease, is a long-term, progressive illness and one of the most common lung di...

  5. FDA Approves New Drug for COPD

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    You could blame weeds, trees, and grasses if you start itching, sneezing, coughing, and wheezing. But the usual suspects aren’t the only triggers. A host of househol...

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