Lungs Win the Fight Against Fat
If we are in a boxing match, Fat in one corner, and Lungs in another, Fat wins every time. Why? Fat takes up the chest room Lungs need to expand and for lung patients, fat compromises our ability to...
View ArticleTrain the Brain? Reconsider the Pills?
The headline caught my eye…Anger amplifies clinical pain in women with and without fibromyalgia I wondered if anger could choke off breathing as well. The researchers from Utrecht University in the...
View ArticleCOPDers Most Accurate Measurement of Disease Severity is the 6-Minute Walk...
COPDers (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) are familiar with the 6-minute walking test but the following study presented recently at the American Thoracic Society ATS 2011 Denver is the best...
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