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Although COPD is the third leading cause of death in the United States, few books provide a comprehensive approach to living with this condition. Now, with The COPD Solution, respiratory therapist and educator Dawn Lesley Fielding brings her twelve-week sustainable program--which has a 100 percent success rate in improving the health of her own patients--to the public. Fielding provides invaluable information on diagnosis, medical treatments, physical...
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The bestselling guide for chronic bronchitis and emphysema sufferers-newly revised and expanded. For the millions of people diagnosed with chronic bronchitis and/or emphysema, this bestselling guide is now revised and expanded to offer the most up-to-date information available. From helping you understand your disease and its proper care to showing you how to restore vitality and satisfaction to your relationships, Dr. Francois Haas and Dr. Sheila...
5) COPD
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"This title in Lucent Diseases and Disorders series focus on COPD and details how it is the third leading cause of death in the United States. It is often a disease of shame and blame since it more often than not caused by smoking. COPD is often under-diagnosed and under-treated. The books goes on to deail how the disease impacts the patient, the care givers, what treatment options are available, and what future holds for people afflicted with COPD"--...
7) ABC of COPD
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"This book discusses the entire breadth of the condition from epidemiology, causes, diagnosis, treatment and end of life care. This practical and highly visual guide contains new and extensively updated chapters on diagnosis, smoking cessation and interventional approaches as well as expanded content on non-pharmacological and pharmacological management taking into account the most recent national and international guidelines." -- Publisher.
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Occupational Therapy Practitioner, Suzanne Andrews instructs you with gentle therapeutic breathing and specially designed exercise techniques to help increase your lung capacity. Exercise is essential because the less active you are, the weaker your muscles get. Weak muscles need MORE oxygen and this causes a chain reaction of being short of breath. Suzanne guides you with easy to follow, yet effective techniques to create stronger breathing muscles....