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America’s Worst Asthma Cities
Anxiety and Panic Attacks in Emphysema & Other Chronic
Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases (COPD) (complete article) by Dr. Vijai Sharma
Anxiety and Panic Attacks in Emphysema & Other Chronic
Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases I by Dr. Vigai Sharma - excerpt I
Asthma and COPD: Clearing the Air – Is it Asthma or COPD?
Be Where You Are - One Woman’s Story of Coping with COPD
by Melody M. Pierson
Black Lung Background
Black Lung Overview
COPD Awareness: What Just One Person Can Do, What She Did
and How She Did It! -
How Lori Palermo is working to improve asthma awareness in her area
COPD in America –
A Landmark Survey
Congressional Caucus on
COPD Awareness and Research
Coping With Chronic
Illness – by Dr. JoAnn LeMaistre, who has learned to live a full life in
spite of MS
Depression and Anxiety in the Patient with COPD - by Jane M. Martin, BA, CRT
Emergency power outage
– Helpful tips and checklist for pulmonary patients
Empowerment Via Self
Care and Service - by Dr. Vijai
Sharma
Fire Fighters Exposed to
World Trade Center Dust Developed Lung Condition
Fletcher-Peto Curve – Shows progression of COPD over time with
smoking
Health information and
articles
Hostility Hurts the
Lungs, Study Finds
How to Distinguish Good
Air from Bad
Journaling Study - Study indicates that journaling can improve health
Legislative Alerts and
Updates
Living With COPD, A Life
Skills Tutorial from the National Jewish Medical and Research Center
MIFace Investigation: 19-year-old Waitress Dies of Asthma Attack
Patient Education the Key to Optimal
Medication Delivery and Compliance - by Jane M. Martin, BA,
CRT
Public Clueless About
Medical Conditions
Spirometry Testing - checking your lung function
Volunteerism in COPD Patients and Families - by Jane M. Martin, BA, CRT
Yoga May Beat the Blues
 Yoga for COPD
by
Vigai Sharma, PhD.
Vijai
P. Sharma, Ph.D, is a clinical psychologist with over 30 years experience and a
certified yoga instructor. He was diagnosed with COPD in 1994. For more about
Dr. Sharma click here. (link to Meet the team)
 Editorials by Jo-Von Tucker
Only on Breathing Better
Living Well.com
Jo-Von Tucker’s life as she knew it came to a screeching halt
when, at age 52, she was told she had COPD, she would have to wear oxygen
24-hours a day for the rest of her life, and that she had less than five years
to live. Did she go home and give
up? No way! Jo-Von went on long after that to help herself and others by
starting a breathing support group and writing a book and monthly newsletters
for COPD patients and their families. She also got involved in improving oxygen
delivery and availability. Everything she did, she did with gusto and a
no-nonsense style, sometimes bluntly saying, “We just have to get off our duffs
and fix this!”
I met Jo-Von for the first time in late 2003 at the
first national COPD conference just one month before she passed away
unexpectedly from complications following surgery. I share with you here some
of her wisdom. I’m sure she’d be pleased that her words – and her spirit
– live on to help people with COPD.
Always Having Hope
Benefits of Emotional Support for People with Pulmonary Disease
Developing Our Coping Skills
Do You Have an Ideal Relationship with Your
Doctor? It's Up to You...
Everyday is a Gift
Holding On to Stability
The Issue of Compliance
Journaling Can Improve the Health of People with Chronic
Disease – for more information see “Journaling Study” in the
articles section
“Something to Think About…” – New Year’s
Resolutions for People with COPD
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