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  <updated>2006-05-23 15:15:33</updated>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Women More Vulnerable To COPD]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?93462"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?93462</id>
    <updated>2006-05-23 15:14:03</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[ Researchers at University of South Florida say that women with  chronic obstructive pulmonary disease  ( COPD ) fare worse in terms of the severity of the disease and in quality of life as compared to men. 
 In the study, researchers compared...]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Respiratory Training May Help Lung Patients]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?78206"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?78206</id>
    <updated>2006-04-28 18:43:36</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[ According to Dutch researchers, home-based training routine aimed at the muscles used for breathing can help people with  chronic obstructive pulmonary disease  ( COPD ) such as  emphysema . 
 Dr. Ralph J. H. Koppers of Medical Center Leeuwarden...]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Advair may improve COPD survival: clinical trial 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?57057"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?57057</id>
    <updated>2006-03-28 10:59:36</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - Advair improves survival rates for 
patients with chronic obstruction pulmonary disorder ( COPD ), 
the drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline Plc's announced on Tuesday, but 
the improvement fell just short of statistical significance, 
meaning the beneficial effect may have been due to chance.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Screening advised for families with lung diseases (Reuters)]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?13488"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?13488</id>
    <updated>2006-01-03 12:05:29</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - New research suggests that 
genetics may make people susceptible to  lung cancer , chronic 
obstructive pulmonary disease ( COPD ) and reduced lung function. 
If so, then a family history of these disorders should place 
individuals in the high-risk category.]]></summary>
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