Bronchiectasis and NTM Establishes Care Center Network with 33 Sites
Twenty-seven health centers have been added to the new Bronchiectasis and NTM Care Center Network, along with six clinical associate center sites.
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Bronchiectasis and NTM Establishes Care Center Network with 33 Sites
Twenty-seven health centers have been added to the new Bronchiectasis and NTM Care Center Network, along with six clinical associate center sites.
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Film Documenting Leonard Nimoy’s Battle with COPD Gets Second Release
Ten years after Leonard Nimoy’s death from COPD a documentary covering the actor’s struggle with the disease is being re-released via a partnership by The COPD Foundation, The Nimoy Knight Foundation, and Health Point Productions.
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Bronchiectasis and NTM 360 Gets a Rebrand
The Bronchiectasis and NTM Association will continued the organization’s growth as a leader in advancing care, research, and awareness of bronchiectasis and NTM lung disease.
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CDC Ranks Top 10 Causes of Death. Where Does COPD Fall?
The CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics released its “Deaths: Leading Causes for 2022” final report, ranking the 10 leading causes of death.
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A Call to Integrate Patient Perspectives in COPD Drug Development
New commentary highlights the need for patient-inspired frameworks to guide COPD therapy development.
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COPD Foundation Debunks 7 Common COPD Myths
November is COPD Awareness Month and the COPD Foundation is working to better inform the community about the disease by debunking common myths.
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World Oxygen Day Sparks Renewed Calls for Congressional Action on Supplemental Oxygen Access
Healthcare organizations are urging Congress to pass the SOAR Act to ensure Medicare patients have access to the supplemental oxygen they need for improved health and mobility.
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COPD Foundation Forms Partnership to Improve Access to Clean Air Solutions
The COPD Foundation has partnered with Clean Air Dynamics to emphasize the importance of clean air for managing chronic lung diseases and enhancing patient quality of life.
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World Bronchiectasis Day Observed July 1st
World Bronchiectasis Day (July 1) was established in 2022 to raise awareness of bronchiectasis and its increased prevalence in many countries.
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COPD Foundation Advancing Digital Health Measures in Clinical Research
A new project aimed at increasing the use of digital endpoints in clinical trials is being spearheaded by the COPD Foundation in collaboration with the Digital Medicine Society.
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New Guidance on Mitigating Infection Risk During Nebulization
The COPD Foundation Nebulizer Consortium’s statement provides recommendations for preventing the spread of respiratory illnesses in healthcare settings and home environments.
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Congress Introduces SOAR Act to Improve Supplemental Oxygen Access
The Supplemental Oxygen Access Reform Act of 2024, designed to ease access to supplemental oxygen for Medicare beneficiaries, was introduced in the US House of Representatives by a bipartisan group of members of Congress.
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New Network Enhances Care for Bronchiectasis and NTM Lung Disease Patients
The patient care network will facilitate access to specialized care and support for individuals with bronchiectasis and NTM lung disease.
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Partnership to Improve Pulmonary Rehab Reach for COPD
The COPD Foundation and Kivo Health, which provides telehealth pulmonary rehabilitation for individuals with COPD, have partnered to improve access to virtual pulmonary rehab.
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COPD Patients Open to Antiviral Nasal Spray to Reduce Seasonal Flare-Ups
A survey found individuals with COPD were overwhelmingly positive about the prospect of taking an antiviral nasal spray throughout the winter season to prevent COPD flare-ups.
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COPD Foundation Appoints New President & CEO
The COPD Foundation has promoted Ruth Tal-Singer, PhD, to president & CEO. Dr. Tal-Singer has served as the organization’s president & chief scientific officer since 2020.
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COPD Foundation Introduces PIVOT Framework
The COPD Foundation introduced PIVOT, Patient Inspired Validation of Outcome Tools, — a patient-centric framework that will support the coordination of activities for developing, validating, and qualifying biomarkers and clinical outcome assessments that evaluate the benefit of treatment approaches in COPD, bronchiectasis, and NTM lung disease.
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Antiviral Nasal Spray Being Developed by ENA Respiratory, COPD Foundation
ENA Respiratory and the COPD Foundation are partnering to develop an antiviral nasal spray to prevent and reduce incidence and severity of respiratory viral infections in people with chronic lung diseases like COPD.
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Is COPD ‘Crisis’ a Better Way to Describe Exacerbations? COPD Patient Survey Seeks to Find Out
The European Lung Fdn and COPD Fdn are surveying patients over whether the term “COPD crisis” would better describe their exacerbations.
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Respiratory Societies: ‘Wear Face Coverings’
A joint statement from the ATS, ALA, Chest, and COPD Foundation emphasizes the importance of wearing masks and face coverings to prevent transmission of COVID-19.
Read MoreCOPD Foundation Launches Praxis to Fight Readmissions
PRAXIS is an interactive online community designed to support COPD caregivers and administrators to prevent and reduce hospital admissions and readmissions by improving care across the COPD care continuum.
Read MoreCOPD Foundation to Create One of the Largest COPD Patient Databases
Sponsored by AstraZeneca, COPD360 will combine patient-reported outcomes, clinical data, and EMR into one of the largest COPD research networks ever assembled.
Read MoreRaising Awareness of Alpha-1
Compared to COPD, asthma, or cystic fibrosis, Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency lung disease is not well known, but dedicated researchers and RTs continue to support patients and work towards finding new treatment options.
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Patients, Physicians Not on Same Page with COPD Management
Patients with COPD may need more education and better dialogue with their physicians to effectively manage the disease and potentially life-threatening exacerbations, according to the national COPE (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Experience) Survey released by the COPD Foundation.
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