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Smoking still a major health problem, despite well-known dangers

More than 47 million adults and 4 million youth in the United States smoke cigarettes. Rates of smoking have dropped over the years, but the current...

Broncus Reports Early EASE Trial Results for Airway Bypass With Exhale(R) Drug-Eluting Stents

Broncus Technologies, Inc., a medical technology company focused on developing and commercializing innovative solutions for lung diseases, is...

Management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: moving beyond the asthma algorithm.

For many years, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) was considered a disease of fixed airflow obstruction for which there was no good...

CMS Alerts Medicare Patients of Open Enrollment

By Cole Petrochko, Staff Writer, MedPage TodayThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will start open enrollment on Nov. 15.The open...

To Avoid Spreading Germs, Expert Recommends Hand Washing

Fears of contracting the H1N1 virus this flu season have people steering clear of strangers with coughs and scolding friends who don’t sneeze...
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