Combo Therapy Best for COPD: Study

By Dennis ThompsonHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Sept. 16, 2014 (HealthDay News) — A combination drug therapy aimed at opening the airways and reducing inflammation appears to be the best treatment for older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary...

Irene 'Mom' Jackson, hard working homemaker

Irene Elizabeth Jackson (known to many as “Mom” Jackson), 84, of Millsboro, went home to be with the Lord Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, at Beebe Healthcare in Lewes, after a very long battle with COPD and congestive heart failure. She...

A second chance at love for pensioners

AS Tom Weaver will testify, you are never too old to find love – and it can come right out of the blue. After his wife of 38 years lost her battle with illness and two of his children passed away, he felt desperate and admits he was on the brink of...

Controlling stress when dealing with COPD

This is primarily aimed at those with lung disease. However, there are points that apply to all of us. Life in today’s world is stressful enough for most everyone. Life complicated by COPD can be infinitely more stressful, for both the patient and...

Fit for the Lung?

Moving towards engineered particles for inhaled drug delivery Sep 2, 2014Pharmaceutical TechnologyVolume 38, Issue 8 *This article originally appeared in Pharmaceutical Technology Europe* PIXOLOGICSTUDIO/Getty Images The surface area of an adult human lung is 70 to...