COPD Resources and News for Living and Advocacy

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Educational Videos and Podcasts Learn about COPD and healthier living

Causes, Symptoms, & Overviews
- Breathing Techniques
- Coping with Everyday Tasks
- Diagnosis & Testing
- Doctor Visits
- Exacerbations & Panic Attacks
- Exercise, Rehabilitation
- Medicines & Devices
- Nutrition
- Oxygen, Oxygen Equipment & Oximeters
- Sleep Disorders, Apnea
- Stem Cell Article from Jim Nelson
- Surgery (Transplant, LVRS, BVR, Stents)
- Travel (including O₂ on airlines)

Suggested Inhaler Sequence — Previous
Suggested Inhaler Sequence — Current

Oxygen Manifesto, Part 1: Advice from 3 Respiratory Specialists Noah Greenspan, Mark W Mangus Sr, RRT, RPFT, FAARC, & Oxygen Expert Ryan Diesem

American Association of Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Rehabilitation — AACVPR Resources
10 Exercise Myths and Truths: Advice from a Respiratory Specialist Noah Greenspan
Pulmonary Rehab Alternatives

Depression and COPD Q & A

Find a Local Support Group
Find a Physician — AMA

Hospitals Offering Zephyr Valve Treatment
- Members Stories on Valve Trials & Treatments

COPD Medicare Home Oxygen Reimbursement

Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security
Medicare.gov: Find and Compare Information about Hospitals

Assistance: Gov, Social and Misc

Glossary of COPD Words and Terms

- COPD Foundation’s Slim Skinny Reference Guide^®
- Adventures of an Oxyphile 2 Free download of the second edition
- Adventures of an Oxyphile 2 Free Audiobook download of the second edition
- PulmCC Free weekly email with latest in pulmonary and critical care
- The Pulmonary Paper This is a paid subscription

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- Join the COPD Patient–Powered Research Network
- Members Personal Pages and Profiles
- Stigma and Stereotypes
- Trans Tracheal Survey

- Q & A Oxygen Equipment: (Pete’s Posts)
- Q & A Medical: Drs Karpick, Yeager and Petty
- Q & A Respiratory Therapy/Specialists
- Q & A Transtracheal Oxygen (TTO)

- UK 2019 Trial Now Enrolling to Assess Beta–Blocker’s Ability to Lessen Flares in COPD Patients
- 2019 Portable Oxygen Concentrator Improvements to Physical Activity, etc
- 2019 Recruiting for COPD & Sleep Apnea Study

- Clinical Trials–Center Watch List
- ClinicalConnection (US and International Trials)
- Clinical Trials GPS
- Clinical Trials — Government List

- RENEW Clinical Study evaluating the RePneu® system
- Current/former smokers (Boston)
- COPD Clinical Research Network:

- Talking Points for Presentations
- COPD Foundation — The COPD Action Center

- Managed Health Care Associates Works to Add Patient Voices to Advocacy
- 2019 March – Protect Limits on Mercury and Air Toxics

- 2014–2015 National & State Estimates of COPD Morbidity & Mortality
- 2011 COPD Statistics — CDC By State
- 2002 Statistics — National Lung, Heart, and Blood Institute

- NIH statement on World COPD Day 2018
- State COPD Legislation Passed in 2012
- 2012 COPD Proclamations Page
- 2011 COPD Proclamations Page
- Letters to Editor

- 2019 COPD Foundation News and Events

- COPD Patient Quality of Life Improved by Integrated Disease Management
- FDA Gives Marketing Clearance to Loop Wearable Wristband that Remotely Monitors COPD Patients
- Overnight In–House Intensivists Don’t Clearly Improve Care: Review
- Titrating PEEP Using Esophageal Pressures Did Not Improve ARDS Outcomes (EPVent–2)
- CSA Medical’s RejuvenAir System Gets FDA Breakthrough Device Designation But What Does It Do?
- Circassia Adding Cardiovascular Safety Data on Tudorza Label for COPD Patients
- FDA Clears Spry Health’s Remote Monitoring Wearable for COPD Patients
- FDA OKs Duaklir Fixed–Dose Combination Inhaler for COPD
- Temple Hospital First in Nation to Implant New Valve into Lungs of Emphysema Patient:
- New Tool Identifies Support Needs of COPD Patients, Helping to Make Care More Personal and Holistic
- How the Keto Diet can Help People Breathe Easier
- Incorporating Healthy Habits to Help Manage COPD: A Specialist’s View
- American Lung Association_® Nutrition and COPD
- Non–Invasive Imaging Technique Valid for Identifying Small Airway Disease in Lung
- Patients and Caregivers New Access to FDA “Request to Connect”
- El Camino Hospital First in California to Offer New Treatment for Severe COPD/Emphysema
- Daily Aspirin Might Ease COPD Flare–Ups
- US Senators Relay Personal Experiences as They Chastise Pharma Execs for High Drug Prices
- 2019 Important Alert for Medicare Patients Who Use Supplemental Oxygen–especially Liquid O₂
- Patient–Reported Consequences of Community–Acquired Pneumonia in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- The Lung is Not the Only Organ Affected by Air Pollution
- Development for Asthma, Allergies and Other Respiratory Diseases
- Natural Ways to Cleanse Your Lungs
- Atrial Fibrillation Prevalence Increasing in End–Stage COPD
- Statins Linked to Better Outcomes and Improved Lung Function
- When Mucus Can be Key to Treating Colon and Airway Diseases
- Researchers Breathe New Life into COPD Research Using Mouse Models
- FDA Approves 1^st of Wixela, Generic of ADVAIR DISKUS®
- Long–Term Use of Statins Reduces Mortality, Inflammation in COPD
- ß–Blocker Therapy and Risk of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- LUNG REGENERATION Mayo Clinic center For Regenerative Medicine
- Flu Shot Crucial for Anyone With COPD
- Smoking Cessation Key Component of Cancer Moonshot Program
- What Exercises Can Help Increase Lung Capacity?
- Optimizing US Home Oxygen Therapy – Addressing Patient and Clinician Reports of Problems with Home Oxygen Accessibility
- COPD and Anxiety: Researchers Test Promising Approach
- Which Patients With COPD Are Affected the Most by Extreme Weather?
- New Mucus Study Could Hold the Key to Clearing Your Phlegm
- Humidity Levels and COPD
- To Better Treat COPD, Scientists Look to Tailored Approaches for Deadly Lung Disease
- What to Know about Steroids for COPD
- Mucus, Cough and Chronic Lung Disease: New Discoveries
- Myths about COPD
- Does COPD Show Up on an X-ray?
- Does High Altitude Affect COPD?

- Still Smoking with Emphysema?
- Cigarette Anyone?
- Patient Stories
- Quitsters–Stop Smoking Group

Lots of Links to Other Sites of Interest