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5 minutes with Dr. Don Sin
What is the focus of your research?
My research interests include finding new solutions to reduce the growing burden of COPD and new therapies to treat COPD-related co-morbidities such as cardiovascular disease.
Red hair, red scooter, a real attitude, and COPD. Meet Trish Verrier.
Yesterday I met a remarkable person while visiting the COPD clinic at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver. Meet Trish Verrier.
To see this vibrant 65 year old with hair as red as her scooter and a smile that lights up the room, one doesn’t detect any signs of the sadness or pain she’s endured. Nor does one hear many complaints – which says a lot considering her very serious, and sometimes scary, lung condition. I had to learn more.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: The top five questions (and answers) from The Lung Association’s Lung Health Helpline
1. I’ve just been diagnosed with COPD. What does that mean?
COPD or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis. It is largely caused by smoking, but it can also be caused by second-hand smoke, toxins in the environment that you breathe in, and genetics.
COPD develops over time. In most cases, it is diagnosed in people over 40 years of age. Someone with COPD may not realize they are becoming more short of breath until it becomes very hard to do simple tasks like walking up stairs.
5 minutes with Dr. Jeremy Hirota
What’s the focus of your research?
I study the relationship between the air we breathe and how this may impact airway diseases including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and cystic fibrosis.
5 minutes with Dr. Mark FitzGerald
A champion of health literacy
5 minutes with Dr. Chris Carlsten
What’s the focus of your research?
Our research focuses on the relationship between air pollution and public health. We look at how pollution particles affect the way genes are expressed in the body. One of our most recent studies demonstrated how two hours of exposure to diesel exhaust fumes can lead to fundamental health-related changes in biology by switching some genes on, while switching others off.
5 minutes with Dr. Pat Camp
What is pulmonary rehabilitation?
Top five reasons why you should consider testing your home for radon
Are you safe enough from radon?
Colleen’s Story: On January 1, 1992 I made the decision to quit
I started smoking when I was 15 due to the stress I felt I was under.
As I look back, I realize I had little support or education to help me cope with family changes, deaths in the family, plus the challenges of being a teenager.