Research

BREATHE LA Center for Healthy Lungs conducts research with the goal of developing treatments and interventions to alieviate the suffering of those afflicted with lung diseases including Asthma, Emphysema, COPD and Tuberculosis.

BREATHLESS? Get Paid to Participate in BREATHE LA Center for Healthy Lungs / UCLA Lung Research Study

Breathe California of Los Angeles County (BREATHE LA) Center for Healthy Lungs and UCLA are conducting a lung health research project and are seeking subjects who are frequently breathless and suffer from mild to moderate COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ):

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Posted September 6th, 2008

Implications Of Staphylococcal Resistance in the Critcally Ill Patient

This lecture will provide an update on recognition, current management, and antimicrobial therapy in staphylococcal resistance in the critically ill patient.

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Posted November 8th, 2007

Emphysema

What is Emphysema?

Emphysema is a serious disease that affects the lungs. While symptoms may appear rapidly and quickly become severe, the disease itself develops over a long period of time.

When a person is suffering from emphysema, the tiny air sacs (called alveoli) in the lungs are damaged and lose their ability to stretch. This allows air to become trapped in the lungs, making it difficult to exchange with new air. This makes it hard to breathe and can lead to a host of lung problems as well as death.

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Posted November 2nd, 2007

COPD is the 4th leading cause of death in the United States.

Source: National Vital Statistics Report, 2002
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Posted November 2nd, 2007

National Asthma Guidelines

Updated New Approaches for Monitoring Asthma Control, Expanded Recommendations for Children

The National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) issued the first comprehensive update in a decade of clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma.

Posted August 30th, 2007
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