Important Links To Your Health

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• American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP)
• ALA -  The American Lung Association.
• ALA- The American Lung Association of Colorado
• The Australian Lung Foundation
• The Canadian COPD Alliance

• The Alpha-1 Foundation
        Learn more about Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency.
• American Thoracic Society

• American Association for Respiratory Care. 

• PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES INDIGENT PATIENT PROGRAMS    

• The LAM Foundation  Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM)

• Long Term Oxygen Therapy Network 

• Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
• Love Your Lungs, Breathe For Life
• Missouri Society for Respiratory Care 

• National Emphysema Treatment Trial (NETT)  

• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

• COPD Foundation The mission of the COPD Foundation is to develop and support programs which improve the quality of life through research, education, early diagnosis, and enhanced therapy for persons whose lives are impacted by Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

• No Air To Go!  Also contains Compilation of Pulmonary Definitions and much, much more.  Pulmonary acronyms and abbreviations for disease, diagnostic and test procedures.  Many entries linked to glossary section.  

• Clinical Trials.com  offers comprehensive information for current clinical trials being conducted
• Lungenemphysem-copd.de  German website for Emphysema (In German Language
• National Emphysema Foundation  The National Emphysema Foundation was founded in 1971; its mission is to improve the quality of life of patients with emphysema, asthma or related lung diseases with information and education for families.

• PulmonologyChannel  is developed and monitored by leading pulmonologists. You can be assured of always finding the most up-to-date, medically accurate information available.

• The Pulmonary Paper is a non-profit corporation supported by a modest schedule of individual tax-deductible gifts. It distributes a newsletter "Dedicated to Respiratory Health Care" eight times per year by mail to its subscribers – professionals, caregivers, and patients.  It is most informative. Bulletin:  It  is also the official newsletter for EFFORTS  since 10/27/99.

• PERF The Pulmonary Education and Research Foundation
• Portable Oxygen, A users perspective by Pete Wilson, Ph.d-Excellent Site

• PulmonologyLinks is part of MDLinx, which is a network of nearly 40 specialty Web sites. MDLinx was started by clinical physicians frustrated by the complexity and disorganization of professional-quality medical information on the Web.

• Second Wind Lung Transplant Association, Inc.  To improve the quality of life for lung transplant recipients, lung surgery candidates.
• The Young Person's Cyber-Library of Information on Tobacco and Tobacco-Caused Disease This is a site set up by Frederic W. Grannis Jr. MD and Head, Section of Thoracic Surgery at City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, CA

• What is Emphysema? Some good places to go for more information on chronic bronchitis and emphysema. This also is a site set up by Frederic W. Grannis Jr. MD and Head, Section of Thoracic Surgery at City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, CA   

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