Featured Health Conditions
COPD
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease—COPD—often is directly related to smoking. People with COPD have lung abnormalities that make it hard to exhale normally. Two different diseases are involved in the condition—emphysema and chronic bronchitis.
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Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH)
How much do you know about pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)? This serious disorder occurs when the pulmonary arteries are constricted, blood clots form in the arteries, or the arterial walls stiffen&mdashcausing the heart to work harder than normal.
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Hemoptysis
Coughing up blood from the respiratory tract—the nose, mouth, throat, the airway passages leading to the lungs, or the lungs—is called hemoptysis. Do you know what causes hemoptysis and how the condition may be diagnosed and treated?
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