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Patients suffering from cystic fibrosis often struggle with malnutrition, due to the disease’s impact on the digestive system and the increased energy needs of the body.
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Dransfield and the commission made several recommendations to prevent and eliminate COPD worldwide.
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Women who have never smoked have smaller lung airways than men do, leading to higher risk for COPD.
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The steering committee will work to shorten the time of diagnosis for complex lung diseases.
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May is National Allergy and Asthma Month, and one UAB pulmonology and allergy specialist explains how to better control asthma and allergy symptoms.
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Record $95 million Heersink lead gift to advance strategic growth and biomedical innovation.
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Nationally renowned expert in COPD Mark Dransfield, M.D., has been the medical director of the UAB Lung Health Center since 2009.
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The study examined trends in mortality due to chronic lower respiratory disease and investigated disparities in deaths due to CLRD between rural and urban areas across the United States.
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New research from UAB provides evidence, for the first time, to continue using the criteria set by major respiratory societies for the diagnosis of airflow obstruction and COPD.
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Millennial lung health will get its first focus with $24.8 million grant.
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Fresh breakthroughs could help most cystic fibrosis patients breathe more easily.
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UAB’s Lung Health Center has joined the prestigious Airways Clinical Research Network established by the American Lung Association.
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UAB’s William Bailey honored by his alma mater with a lifetime achievement award for 50 years of exemplary service in medicine.
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UAB gets $11 million grant for potential groundbreaking study of beta blockers for patients with COPD.
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UAB is implanting one-way valves in patients with severe emphysema in an effort to reduce their overall lung volume, which improves lung function.
UAB researchers participated in a multi-site study that disproved a once-promising theory that statins might have a beneficial effect on lung function.
Need help putting the pack down? The UAB Lung Health Center is here for you.
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CT scans can help physicians predict which COPD patients are likely to take a turn for the worse, say UAB researchers.
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A new drug that improves lung function for some patients with cystic fibrosis may also help treat smokers with the incurable lung disease COPD.
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An antibiotic can help reduce acute COPD attacks and improve quality of life, a new study shows.
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