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The Connection Between Burn Pits and Lung Cancer
Read More: The Connection Between Burn Pits and Lung Cancer+ Video transcript Video/Image Voiceover/Audio The Connection Between Burn Pits and Lung Cancer Animation: An open-air burn pit with people tossing different things into it – a biohazard container, weapons, chemicals, supplies. Pan to a military base nearby showing where servicemen and women live. For decades, the U.S. military used burn pits to dispose of…
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FAQs About COPD
Read More: FAQs About COPDCOPD affects millions of adults, but many people donโt know much about the disease until they or a loved one is diagnosed. Here are answers to common questions about what COPD is, whoโs at risk and what actually helps. โWhat is COPD, and what symptoms of COPD appear first? COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,…
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Clinically Speaking: Questions and Answers About COPD
Read More: Clinically Speaking: Questions and Answers About COPDFor a long time, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) โ a progressive lung condition โ was thought of as a โmanโs disease.โ But thatโs no longer the case. โWomen are more likely to develop COPD than men,โ said Suzette A. Garafano, M.D., clinical director of the COPD Program at NYU Langone Health. โYet women are…
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Even Though I Had No Symptoms, I Found My Lung Cancer Early Enough to Treat It
Read More: Even Though I Had No Symptoms, I Found My Lung Cancer Early Enough to Treat ItAs told to Erica Rimlinger At age 43, I had very few risks for lung cancer, if any. I ran regularly, ate well and had never puffed a cigarette. Iโd also never been exposed to secondhand smoke or dangerous levels of air pollution. In fact, my dad was a lung doctor who warned me since…
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How Air Quality Affects COPD
Read More: How Air Quality Affects COPD+ Infographic text Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a lung disease that restricts the airway and makes it hard to breathe. Pollution and irritants found in outdoor and indoor air can worsen symptoms. Outdoor Air Outdoor pollution can trigger COPD symptoms, especially on days with high pollution or extreme weather. Heat waves and cold…
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7 Things You Didnโt Know About RSV
Read More: 7 Things You Didnโt Know About RSVThe fall and winter seasons bring many things: changing leaves, the holidays and a rise in seasonal illnesses. The common cold and the flu are familiar complaints in the colder months, but thereโs another often overlooked virus that keeps many people sick: RSV. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common respiratory virus thatโs easily spread…
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Stigma Can Be a Barrier to COPD Care
Read More: Stigma Can Be a Barrier to COPD CareNovember is COPD Awareness Month. At 39, Cyndy Ruess went to the hospital after having trouble breathing. Breathing problems werenโt new for Ruess โ sheโd had asthma as a child โ and her biggest concern at the time was figuring out when sheโd be able to get back to work. A healthcare provider (HCP) gave…
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Clinically Speaking: Questions and Answers About Early-Onset Lung Cancer
Read More: Clinically Speaking: Questions and Answers About Early-Onset Lung CancerCases of nonsmokers getting lung cancer have been going up over the past 25 years, and with that, more cases of early-onset lung cancer (before the age of 50) have been occurring. HealthyWomen spoke with Mohana Roy, M.D., medical oncologist and clinical assistant professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine, about why early-onset lung…
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The Great Girlfriends Podcast: Why COPD Is the 4th Leading Cause of Death in the U.S.
Read More: The Great Girlfriends Podcast: Why COPD Is the 4th Leading Cause of Death in the U.S.We partnered with The Great Girlfriends Show and COPD Foundation, with support from Sanofi and Regeneron, to bring this critical conversation to light. Key topics include: Understanding COPD: What it is and why it’s affecting millions in silence. The importance of early detection and proactive health measures. How community support and advocacy can transform patient…
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Myths vs. Facts: COPD
Read More: Myths vs. Facts: COPD+ Flipbook text Slide 1 Myths and Facts about COPD How much do you know about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?ย Slide 2 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a group of chronic lung diseases, including emphysema and chronic bronchitis.ย Slide 3 Myth:ย COPD is a manโs disease. Fact:ย More women have COPD than men.ย Women are diagnosed…
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What You Need to Know About COPD and Menopause
Read More: What You Need to Know About COPD and Menopause+ Infographic text What is c hronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)? COPD is a broad term for lung conditions that block airways and cause breathing-related problems.ย COPD gets worse over time and can lead to severe lung damage and other serious health issues โ even death.ย Fact: More women and people assigned female at birth…
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ยฟPor quรฉ la investigaciรณn contra el cรกncer pulmonar no tiene suficiente financiamiento?
Read More: ยฟPor quรฉ la investigaciรณn contra el cรกncer pulmonar no tiene suficiente financiamiento?English El cรกncer pulmonar es el segundo tipo de cรกncer mรกs comรบn de las mujeres en EE.UU. y casi 60,000 mujeres murieron de cรกncer pulmonar en 2024, mรกs que de cualquier otro cรกncer. Los avances de mรฉtodos para detectar y tratar el cรกncer pulmonar han mejorado esta situaciรณn, pero todavรญa falta mucho por hacer. Aunque…
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Why Is Lung Cancer Research Underfunded?
Read More: Why Is Lung Cancer Research Underfunded?Lung cancer is the second most common type of cancer found in women in the U.S. And almost 60,000 women died from lung cancer in 2024 โ more than any other cancer. Advances in ways to find and treat lung cancer have helped us make progress, but more still needs to be done. While 1…
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Why Are More Non-Smokers Getting Lung Cancer?
Read More: Why Are More Non-Smokers Getting Lung Cancer?At 37, Samantha Murrell was the picture of health. She hiked daily and enjoyed other outdoor activities like paddleboarding and mountain biking near her home in Montana. Murrell was also proactive with her health and stayed on top of preventive exams. She diligently checked for moles that could indicate the beginnings of skin cancer, did…
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Doctors Shrugged Off My Cough Because I Wasnโt a Smoker โ but I Had Stage 4 Lung Cancer
Read More: Doctors Shrugged Off My Cough Because I Wasnโt a Smoker โ but I Had Stage 4 Lung CancerAs told to Nicole Audrey Spector I was 43 years old, a teacher turned stay-at-home mom of three and in great physical shape. I had always been super on top of my health. Any routine screenings, like Pap tests and mammograms, I had right on time, and I was always very in tune with my…
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Vivir saludablemente con EPOC
Read More: Vivir saludablemente con EPOCEspaรฑol + Flipbook text Diapositiva 1ย Vivir saludablemente con EPOC Cรณmo vivir de la mejor manera posible mientras manejas una EPOC ย Diapositiva 2ย No hay cura para la enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crรณnica (EPOC), pero hay pasos que puedes tomar para vivir bien si la padeces. ย Diapositiva 3ย Deja de fumar cigarrillos tradicionales o…
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Healthy Living With COPD
Read More: Healthy Living With COPD+ Flipbook text Slide 1 Healthy Living with COPD How to live your best life while managing COPD Slide 2 Thereโs no cure for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) โ but there are steps you can take to live well with it.ย Slide 3 Quit smoking or vaping. Stopping smoking or vaping is the most…
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Effective COPD Treatments: A Comprehensive Guide
Read More: Effective COPD Treatments: A Comprehensive Guide+ Infographic text There is no cure for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but it can be managed with treatment. Seeing a pulmonologist who specializes in COPD is an important step to getting the best treatment.ย COPD Treatmentsย Quitting smokingย For people who smoke, quitting is the most important part of COPD treatment.ย Medicationsย Bronchodilators…
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Las mujeres y la EPOC
Read More: Las mujeres y la EPOCEnglish La asistente jurรญdica retirada Patti Todd se sintiรณ devastada cuando se enterรณ que tenรญa EPOC unos aรฑos despuรฉs de cumplir 40 aรฑos. Viviรณ durante aรฑos con asma, pero escuchar que tenรญa EPOC fue un golpe fuerte. Temรญa que su diagnรณstico afecte su estilo de vida activo. “Pero la doctora explicรณ, entre menos actividades tengas,…
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Freedom to Breathe: Disparities and COPD
Read More: Freedom to Breathe: Disparities and COPDAlmost 16 million Americans are living with a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, diagnosis. Millions more donโt even know they have it. The COPD Foundation, a nonprofit that promotes research, advocacy and awareness to stop COPD and similar conditions, estimates that the number of Americans who are affected by COPD is as high as…
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Women and COPD
Read More: Women and COPDRetired paralegal Patti Todd was devastated to learn she had COPD when she was in her 40s. Sheโd been living for years with asthma, but hearing she had COPD was a blow. She was afraid the diagnosis would affect her active lifestyle. โBut the doctor explained, the less you do, the less youโre going to…
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Lung Cancer Screening 101
Read More: Lung Cancer Screening 101Medically reviewed by Sara Ghandehari, M.D. In the United States, lung cancer is the main cause of cancer deaths in people of all genders. In the past, lung cancer was often thought of as a male smokerโs disease because men smoke at higher rates than women, and smoking is the leading risk factor for lung…
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COPD 101
Read More: COPD 101Everyone gets a cough or feels winded from time to time (thanks, stairs). But symptoms that linger and get worse are a sign of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD is a group of diseases that block airflow and create breathing-related problems. Without proper diagnosis and treatment, COPD can lead to severe lung damage and…
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Lung Cancer Treatment: Next Steps After Diagnosis
Read More: Lung Cancer Treatment: Next Steps After DiagnosisEspaรฑol What happens after you or a loved one receives a lung cancer diagnosis? Receiving a lung cancer diagnosis can be overwhelming and traumatic for patients and their families. So, the first step is to take some time to process the news. Then, itโs time to make some decisions. Itโs understandable to feel a sense…
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Tratamiento contra el cรกncer pulmonar Siguientes pasos despuรฉs del diagnรณstico
Read More: Tratamiento contra el cรกncer pulmonar Siguientes pasos despuรฉs del diagnรณsticoEnglish ยฟQuรฉ pasa despuรฉs de que tรบ o un ser querido recibe un diagnรณstico de cรกncer pulmonar? Recibir un diagnรณstico de cรกncer pulmonar puede ser abrumante y traumรกtico para los pacientes y sus familias. Por eso, el primer paso es tomar algo de tiempo para procesar las noticias. Luego, llega el momento de tomar algunas…
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Entender los varios tipos de cรกncer de pulmรณn
Read More: Entender los varios tipos de cรกncer de pulmรณnEnglish Las estadรญsticas podrรญan sorprenderte: El cรกncer de pulmรณn mata mรกs mujeres en EE.UU. que cualquier otro tipo de cรกncer. Aproximadamente 120,000 mujeres reciben diagnรณsticos de cรกncer de pulmรณn cada aรฑo y aproximadamente 60,000 mujeres mueren por la enfermedad. Aunque el cรกncer de pulmรณn frecuentemente se asocia a fumar, es importante saber que no fumadores…
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Understanding the Different Types of Lung Cancer
Read More: Understanding the Different Types of Lung CancerThe statistics may surprise you: Lung cancer kills more women in the U.S. than any other cancer. About 120,000 women are diagnosed with lung cancer each year and about 60,000 women die from the disease. Although lung cancer is commonly associated with smoking, itโs important to know that non-smokers can get lung cancer, too. Hereโs…
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Women Who Have Never Smoked Can Get Lung Cancer
Read More: Women Who Have Never Smoked Can Get Lung CancerMedically reviewed by Jenn Duke, M.D. + Infographic text Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in the U.S.ย More women than men get lung cancer. In 2023, more than 120,000 new cases of lung cancer will be diagnosed in women, compared with 117,550 in men Why are women at higher risk of…
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Early Screening for Lung Cancer Can Be a Lifesaver
Read More: Early Screening for Lung Cancer Can Be a LifesaverDusty Donaldson had a โtickleโ in her throat and a mildly swollen lymph node in her neck. Her symptoms were initially dismissed by her doctor, but she knew something was wrong. She pushed for an answer, and after multiple tests, was diagnosed with lung cancer. As an 18-year survivor of lung cancer, she counts herself…
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Obesity Puts You at Higher Risk for Severe Illness from Covid-19
Read More: Obesity Puts You at Higher Risk for Severe Illness from Covid-19Anne Dixon, a lung specialist in Vermont, vividly remembers the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, recalling a particularly upsetting patient death. โWe had someone who was very young, had obesity and died from Covid. It was quite devastating,โ said Dixon, professor of medicine at the University of Vermont Medical Center. It was a wake-up…
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Surviving Lung Cancer Helped Me Embrace the Connection Between Body and Mind
Read More: Surviving Lung Cancer Helped Me Embrace the Connection Between Body and MindAs told to Nicole Audrey Spector I started experiencing shortness of breath in my late 20s. I went to several doctors over the years who all listened to my lungs and said they were clear. Eventually, I was diagnosed with asthma. Each healthcare provider prescribed me an inhaler and then sent me on my way.…
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Lung Cancer Kills an Alarming Number of Women โ But Thereโs Hope
Read More: Lung Cancer Kills an Alarming Number of Women โ But Thereโs HopeIn 2013, Ivy Elkins started feeling a worsening pain in her neck and an odd pain in her elbow. Eventually, she was unable to even straighten her arm. Her primary care doctor thought it was an overuse injury. X-rays showed nothing unusual, and physical therapy provided no improvement. The then-47-year-old mom of two went to…
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Struggling to Quit Smoking? Your Genes Might Be at Fault
Read More: Struggling to Quit Smoking? Your Genes Might Be at FaultNovember 18 is the Great American Smokeout. At 15-years-old, Melinda Fenick tried her first cigarette in the girl’s bathroom of her high school. By her senior year, she was smoking a pack of cigarettes a day, and Fenick then spent more than two decades struggling with tobacco addiction. She craved cigarettes from morning to night,…
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I Never Smoked and Got Lung Cancer
Read More: I Never Smoked and Got Lung CancerAs told to Nicole Audrey Spector It started with a cough and shortness of breath. This was in May of 2020, and my biggest fear was that I had Covid. So when the Covid test came back negative, I was overcome with relief. But my upper respiratory symptoms persisted. I was spending a lot of…
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7 Natural Foods and Herbs for Stronger Lungs
Read More: 7 Natural Foods and Herbs for Stronger LungsBreathing is automatic, but it isnโt always easy. If youโve ever suffered a stuffy nose or struggled to breathe deeply โ especially during a workout โ you know just how strong, healthy lungs are. But when was the last time you checked in on your lungs? Keeping your lungs healthy is as easy as getting…
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Vape Sellers Are Using Popular Music Videos to Promote E-Cigarettes to Young People โ and Itโs Working
Read More: Vape Sellers Are Using Popular Music Videos to Promote E-Cigarettes to Young People โ and Itโs WorkingBy Jon-Patrick Allem, University of Southern California Research that my colleagues and I recently conducted demonstrates that electronic cigarette product placement in music videos is associated with vaping among minors. The Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement of 1998 prohibits product placement for cigarettes and chew tobacco in television, music videos and motion pictures, but those restrictions…
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Clinically Speaking: Questions to Ask Your Healthcare Provider About Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease
Read More: Clinically Speaking: Questions to Ask Your Healthcare Provider About Diabetes and Cardiovascular DiseaseReviewed by Dr. Nieca Goldberg About one in nine women in the United States have diabetes, a disease that occurs when blood sugar levels can’t be properly controlled and get too high. Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes and is also a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, which includes heart…
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Put That Cigarette Out
Read More: Put That Cigarette OutJoanna had her first cigarette at 16. “My older sister smoked and so did her friends,” Joanna* wrote in an email. “I saw them smoking and thought it was cool and they taught me how.” That started a decade-long habit that Joanna quit 14 years ago, after watching her co-worker undergo chemotherapy treatment for cancer.…
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For Now, Iโm Managing my Unpredictable Chronic Illness With Yoga and Mindfulness
Read More: For Now, Iโm Managing my Unpredictable Chronic Illness With Yoga and MindfulnessThis story is part of our Real Women, Real Stories series, documenting the lived experiences of women along their health journeys. Please always consult your health care professional with personal concerns or questions. I have limitations. They look like cauliflowers. There. I said it. Denial and avoidance have been my best friends and worst enemies.…
