House Calls: Could you be at risk of COPD?

House Calls runs every two weeks. Today’s column is written by Sandra Howerton, a respiratory therapist at Sutter Coast Hospital. What is COPD? Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, is a serious lung disease that robs people of their ability to breathe. There are two types – chronic bronchitis and emphysema. Both types make it harder to breathe because less air is able to flow in and out of the ...

Children exposed to passive smoking at risk of long-term lung problems

Researchers from the University of Arizona found even non-smokers exposed to second-hand smoke when they were young had a higher risk of developing chornic chest infections.

Obstruction ahead!

What do the revised GOLD guidelines for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease mean for patients and respiratory specialists?

Sunovion Announces Upcoming Availability of ZETONNA™ (ciclesonide) Nasal Aerosol, a Non-Aqueous, Dry Nasal Aerosol ...

Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. today announced the upcoming availability of ZETONNA™ Nasal Aerosol, 74 mcg once-daily, for the treatment of allergic rhinitis , also known as hay fever or nasal allergies.

More expert answers to viewers' whooping cough questions

During KING 5's May 9 special report on the whooping cough epidemic in Washington state, Dr. John Dunn from Group Health Cooperative answered viewers' question in an online chat . Dr. Dunn agreed to get answers to the many questions that came in but which he didn't have time to answer. The first group of questions below were answered by his Group Health colleagues -- Drs. David Grossman, Rob ...