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  1. Chronic Lung Disease in Infants
  2. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): Fast Facts Find out what chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is.
  3. COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) Discusses causes and symptoms of COPD. Looks at chronic bronchitis and emphysema, two diseases that are usually a part of COPD. Covers quitting smoking. Includes treatment with bronchodilators and inhaled corticosteroids. Offers home treatment tips.
  4. COPD: What Happens to Your Lungs Learn how COPD affects your lungs and makes it hard to breathe.
  5. COPD
  6. How Asthma Develops in Children
  7. Asthma in Children Discusses causes and symptoms of asthma in children. Looks at treatment with medicine such as inhaled corticosteroid and albuterol. Discusses avoiding triggers and treating attacks. Covers using nebulizers, metered-dose with spacer and dry powder inhalers.
  8. Oxygen Treatment for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Covers oxygen treatment to increase oxygen flow to lungs and blood when you have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Explains that oxygen therapy may slow or prevent heart failure. Covers oxygen use during exercise, sleep, and travel.
  9. Lung Cancer and Other Lung Problems From Smoking
  10. Lung Problems: Ways to Clear Mucus Learn some ways to clear mucus out of your lungs so that you can breathe more easily.
  11. Lung Problems: Breathing Exercises Learn some exercises for your lungs that can help make it easier to breathe.
  12. Lung Function in COPD
  13. COPD's Effect on the Lungs
  14. Lung Problems: Learning to Breathe Easier
  15. Chronic Illness: Help for Caregivers
  16. COPD: Clearing Your Lungs
  17. COPD: Lung Volume Reduction Surgery
  18. Lung Surgery: Before Your Surgery Learn how lung surgery is done and what you can do to prepare.
  19. Lung Surgery: Returning Home Learn how you'll feel after lung surgery and how to take care of yourself at home.
  20. Lung Transplant Learn basic information about lung transplants, including why they are done, what to expect after the surgery, how well a transplant works, and what the risks are.
  21. Rheumatoid Arthritis: Neck Symptoms
  22. Rheumatoid Arthritis: Classification Criteria
  23. Rheumatoid Arthritis: Systemic Symptoms
  24. Rheumatoid Arthritis Covers causes and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis. Looks at treatment with medicine, exercise, and lifestyle changes. Discusses things you can do at home to relieve your symptoms and help control the disease. Includes importance of regular checkups.
  25. COPD Action Plan
  26. COPD: Handling a Flare-Up
  27. COPD: Using Exercise to Feel Better Covers ways to exercise and stay active with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Explains that exercise makes muscles stronger and may improve shortness of breath. Provides step-by-step instructions and photos for how to do upper and lower body exercises.
  28. Avoiding COPD Triggers Learn how to avoid the things that make your COPD symptoms worse.
  29. Using Oxygen Therapy at Home Learn how to safely use oxygen in your home.
  30. COPD: Keeping Your Quality of Life Learn how you can stay as active and healthy as possible with COPD.
  31. COPD Flare-Ups
  32. COPD: Avoiding Your Triggers
  33. Breathing Problems: Helping a Child Use a Metered-Dose Inhaler and Mask Spacer Covers helping a child use a metered-dose inhaler with mask spacer. Explains that a metered dose inhaler delivers a measured dose of medicine directly to the lungs. Includes pictures on how to use metered-dose inhaler with mask spacer.
  34. Living With More Than One Health Problem
  35. COPD: You Can Still Be Active Commit to taking small steps to stay active with COPD.
  36. COPD and Sex
  37. COPD: Avoiding Weight Loss Guides you through ways to add nutritious calories and protein to your diet.
  38. Breathing Problems: Using a Dry Powder Inhaler Covers using an inhaler to get needed medicine into lungs quickly. Describes dry powder inhalers, how they work, and why to use them. Includes pictures on how to use a dry powder inhaler.
  39. COPD: Eating Well for Strength and Energy Learn how good nutrition can give you energy and help you stay healthy.
  40. COPD: How to Use a Nebulizer Learn how to use a nebulizer correctly.
  41. COPD: Keeping Your Diet Healthy Covers eating healthy foods when you have COPD. Offers tips to make eating easier and help you get necessary nutrition.
  42. COPD and Alpha-1 Antitrypsin (AAT) Deficiency
  43. Asthma in Children: Knowing How Bad an Attack Is
  44. Your Corticosteroid Inhaler: Making It Easier to Breathe Learn why you need to keep using your corticosteroid inhaler and how to make it easier to use.
  45. COPD: Taking Medicines After a Flare-Up Learn how taking COPD medicines correctly helps prevent flare-ups and trips to the hospital.
  46. Helping Your Child Use a Metered-Dose Inhaler With a Mask Spacer Learn how to help your child use a metered-dose inhaler with a mask spacer.
  47. Asthma Action Plan for Your Child Learn how following an asthma action plan can help you control your child's asthma.
  48. Long-Acting Bronchodilators for Your Child Learn why a long-acting bronchodilator might be added to your child's asthma medicine.
  49. Helping Your Child Use a Metered-Dose Inhaler Without a Spacer Learn how your child should use a metered-dose inhaler without a spacer.
  50. Helping Your Child Use a Metered-Dose Inhaler With a Spacer Learn how your child should use an inhaler with a spacer.
  51. How to Use a Nebulizer With a Mask Learn how to use a nebulizer, with a face mask, on your child.
  52. Asthma's Impact on Your Child's Life
  53. Treating Asthma in Babies and Younger Children
  54. COPD: Take This Chance to Quit Smoking Find motivation to quit by comparing what you tell yourself about smoking and what the facts are.
  55. COPD: Time to Decide About Smoking Learn how continuing to smoke will affect your COPD symptoms.
  56. COPD: Try a New Quit-Smoking Strategy Hear how one man with COPD finally quit after many years of smoking.
  57. Breathing Problems: Using a Nebulizer
  58. Breathing Problems: Using a Metered-Dose Inhaler
  59. Asthma: Peak Expiratory Flow and Personal Best
  60. Asthma: How to Overcome Treatment Obstacles
  61. Asthma: Keeping Your Child Out of the Hospital Learn ways to prevent a return trip to the emergency room for your child with asthma.
  62. Asthma: Helping a Young Child Take Medicine Learn ways to encourage your young child to take asthma medicine with a nebulizer.
  63. Helping Your Child Deal With Asthma Learn how to help your child deal with asthma and asthma treatments.
  64. Conserving Your Energy Learn how to conserve your energy when doing daily activities.
  65. Oxygen Therapy: Using Oxygen at Home
  66. Asthma: Is Your Child Using the Quick-Relief Inhaler Too Often? Learn how to tell when your child is using a quick-relief inhaler too often and when to call a doctor.
  67. Testing for Asthma in Children Learn about asthma tests for children.
  68. COVID-19: 7 Ways to Stay Safe When You're at High Risk Find out if you could be at higher risk for COVID-19 and learn how to stay safe.
  69. Bullectomy for COPD
  70. Fran's Story: Finding Support When You Have COPD
  71. COPD: Exercises for Building Strength Try a few gentle and safe exercises to build your strength.
  72. Cal's Story: Learning to Exercise When You Have COPD
  73. Pulmonary Rehabilitation
  74. Sarah's Story: Dealing With the Emotions From COPD
  75. Cardiopulmonary Syndromes (PDQ®): Supportive care - Patient Information [NCI]
  76. Ned's Story: Quitting Smoking
  77. Arthritis: Managing Rheumatoid Arthritis Covers creating and following a plan to help manage symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis. Discusses early treatment with exercise and medicine to limit joint damage. Includes tips for coping with chronic joint pain, fatigue, and stiffness.
  78. Asthma: Educating Yourself and Your Child
  79. Child Safety: Air Pollution
  80. Hip Problems, Age 12 and Older Briefly discusses the hip joint and various causes of hip problems, including pain with movement or weight bearing, conditions causing inflammation, and infections. Offers interactive tool to help decide when to seek care. Also offers home treatment tips.
  81. Exercise for Rheumatoid Arthritis
  82. Quick Tips: Exercising Safely With Arthritis
  83. Assistive Devices and Orthotics Learn about tools to help with daily tasks when you have pain and stiffness.
  84. Comparing Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis
  85. Exercising Safely With Arthritis Learn how activity can help reduce joint pain and how to exercise safely when you have arthritis.
  86. Arthroplasty for Rheumatoid Arthritis Discusses arthroplasty, joint replacement surgery for conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis. Covers why it is done. Also covers how well it works and the risks.
  87. Arthroscopy for Rheumatoid Arthritis Discusses arthroscopic surgery, used to treat joint pain for those with rheumatoid arthritis. Covers how well it works and the risks.
  88. Synovectomy for Rheumatoid Arthritis Discusses synovectomy, surgery done to remove inflamed joint tissue resulting from rheumatoid arthritis. Covers why it's done and what to expect after surgery, including a need for physical therapy. Also covers how well it works and risks.
  89. Rheumatoid Arthritis: Finger and Hand Surgeries
  90. Quick Tips: Modifying Your Home and Work Area When You Have Arthritis
  91. Phlebotomy for Too Much Iron

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