Lung Health Highlights

COPD is a chronic disease. Learn what you can do to get disability help.

Danica Patrick opens up about losing her grandmother to COPD.

E.R. physician Dr. Travis Stork demonstrates how COPD affects the body and explains that it's the fourth-leading cause of death in the U.S.

Melissa, 30, struggles to breathe at high altitudes. She says she's suffered from it since 2003.

Dr. Edward Eden explains the long term health changes that you can expect once you quit smoking, such as improved breathing, reduction in cough and improved well-being.

Dr. Edward Eden discusses the environmental factors that could cause breathing disorders that you need to be aware of, such as chemicals and construction industry materials that can cause asthma and wheezing.

Dr. Edward Eden talks about the effect of exposure to asbestos on your lungs, saying that only prolonged and high levels of exposure can trigger any kind of lung disease.

Dr. Edward Eden explains that even if you quit after smoking for 20 years, there may not be any damage, but the best way to find out is to get a pulmonary function test.

Prevent, detect and treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with a spirormetry test, quit smoking tips, regular medication, the help of a health-care team.

In this episode of The Doctors, the "C" is for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States.

When the World Trade Center Towers fell on September 11, 2001, Major Rose Oropallo of the Army Nurse Corps and NYS National Guard reported to duty to serve her country and aid in the relief effort. In the days, weeks and months that followed, rescuers and others in the vicinity began to breath in the dust from the fallen buildings. Only months later did these volunteers and witnesses learn that the dust they were breathing in was extremely toxic. Today, many 9/11 First Responders, including Ma

When the World Trade Center Towers fell on September 11, 2001, Major Rose Oropallo of the Army Nurse Corps and NYS National Guard reported to duty to serve her country and aid in the relief effort. In the days, weeks and months that followed, rescuers and others in the vicinity began to breath in the dust from the fallen buildings. Only months later did these volunteers and witnesses learn that the dust they were breathing in was extremely toxic.

When the World Trade Center Towers fell on September 11, 2001, Major Rose Oropallo of the Army Nurse Corps and NYS National Guard reported to duty to serve her country and aid in the relief effort. In the days, weeks and months that followed, rescuers and others in the vicinity began to breath in the dust from the fallen buildings. Only months later did these volunteers and witnesses learn that the dust they were breathing in was extremely toxic.

What is the effect of COPD on the person who has it? ICYOU.com's Valerie Scott, M.D explains.

What is the definition of a pulmonary disease? ICYOU.com's Valerie Scott, M.D explains.