If you are a smoker who just doesn't want to quit, then you are subjecting yourself to a shorter life span than average. By continuing to smoke, you have a greater chance of losing 10 years off your life, time that could be spent with your loved ones. You also subject yourself to a general decline in health during those last years of your life while you are afflicted with … [Read more...] about On Average 10 Year Decrease in Life Expectancy for Smokers
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Understanding Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Part I
Chronic Pulmonary Disease kills over 100 thousand Americans each year. This makes COPD the fourth leading cause of death in the United States. Take a moment and learn about COPD, and how this combination of diseases (chronic bronchitis and emphysema) combine to create COPD, and how to detect it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aktIMBQSXMo click for > Part Two: … [Read more...] about Understanding Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Part I
Understanding Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Part II
Over twelve million people currently suffer from Chronic Pulmonary Disease in American this year. COPD is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States. Take a moment and learn about treatments for COPD, and how the symptoms of this combination of diseases (chronic bronchitis and emphysema) can be controlled. Bronchodialators are one of the most used … [Read more...] about Understanding Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Part II
A Bachelor’s Degree for Quitting Smoking?
For Nora King, a former chain-smoker with a master's degree, it was neither a harrowing visit to her doctor nor a disturbing news article on the latest findings about the damage of cigarettes that caused her to put down her smokes once and for all. It was a television commercial she saw a year ago in her New York City apartment that vividly illustrated what goes on inside a … [Read more...] about A Bachelor’s Degree for Quitting Smoking?
Quit Smoking is the Way to Good Health
Cigarette smoking kills approximately 300,000 in the United States each year, and most of these people are seniors. Lung cancer and emphysema are the best-known miserable outcomes. However, accelerated development of atherosclerosis is the most important problem resulting from smoking. This results in heart attacks and strokes, heart pains, leg pains, and many other … [Read more...] about Quit Smoking is the Way to Good Health
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