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COPD
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Manage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by not smoking, adopting healthy lifestyle choices, regular exercise and medication.
Reversing Lung Damage – Dr. Norman Swan
Lung damage cause by years of smoking can be improved though exercise and medications. This is unless you have been diagnosed with COPD, then the stakes are a lot higher.
Whats is COPD? – Dr. Norman Swan
Dr. Norman Swan explains what chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is and provides basic strategies in looking yourself if you have.
Chesty coughs
When you have a chesty cough (wet, productive or phlegmy) your chest feels heavy and you may cough up mucus or phlegm. Find out what products are available for a chesty cough.
Emphysema
In people with emphysema, the walls of the tiny air sacs in the lungs (alveoli) become gradually damaged, causing breathing difficulties. Smoking is the main cause of this condition.
Video: Flu awareness
This year by March there have been 6 times more cases of flu than at the same time last year. So how can you protect yourself and what should you do if you get flu?
Influenza – the flu
While a cold can make you feel under the weather, it’s not the same as the flu. Having influenza can make you feel miserable and tends to lay you flat for at least a few days, and often for a week or so.
Common cold treatments
Nothing will cure a cold, but there are treatments that can help. Rest, fluids, home remedies and medicines can relieve common cold symptoms and should have you feeling better within a few days.
Pleurisy: what you need to know
Pleurisy is inflammation of the pleura, the 2-layer protective membrane around the lungs. Chest pain is the most common symptom.
