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What is Exercise-Induced Asthma?
Exercise-induced asthma, also known as exercise-induced bronchoconstriction, is characterized by airway narrowing shortly after rigorous exercise. This condition affects 5-20% of the general population and interestingly is more prevalent in elite aerobic sport athletes. Exercise-induced...
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Lifestyle Interventions for Patients with Chronic Lung Disease
Pulmonary diseases are often chronic conditions that can be controlled but never fully cured. As with any chronic disease, maintaining a healthy lifestyle is critical in improving one’s quality of life. This article summarizes the...
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Lung Cancer Screening
Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in men and women in the United States with over 200,000 new cases annually. Unfortunately, it is by far the deadliest cancer, accounting for 25-30% of annual...
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Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: The Basics
What is idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)? IPF is a lung disease of unknown etiology characterized by irreversible scarring of the lung tissues. Once an area of the lung becomes fibrotic, there is no reversal into...
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What is Asthma?
Asthma is a chronic lung disease affecting 300 million people worldwide characterized by reversible airflow obstruction, airway hyperreactivity, and airway inflammation. Broadly speaking, there are two primary types of asthma. The first type is eosinophilic...
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Wildfires and Lung Disease
The 2020 wildfires throughout the United States West Coast present another challenge for patients with chronic lung disease. Smoke exposure particulates can penetrate deep into lung tissue leading to decreased immunity, COPD or asthma exacerbations,...
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Why Won’t My Cough Go Away?
Cough is a symptom that everyone has experienced. Whether it be an aspiration episode or catching the common cold, we have all coughed at some point. Most of the time, the cough resolves itself within...
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