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Why People With COPD may be Putting Themselves at Unnecessary Risk

Submitted by David Skillrud, MD Imagine experiencing shortness of breath, wheezing, and a cough so severe it requires you to visit the emergency room. This is a frightening potential reality for an estimated 24 million Americans with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a progressive and debilitating lung disease that makes it difficult to breathe. Many […]

A Disease, Not a State of Mind

By Monica Vest Wheeler When one of the funniest, most beloved, resourceful, and generous human beings on the planet, actor and comedian Robin Williams, commits suicide after a long battle with depression, you know there’s something wrong. Yes, something’s wrong, not with the man, but with the rest of the planet. Like millions of individuals, […]