Episode 58: Common Pulmonary(Lung)Conditions, Pulmonary Health and How to Maintain Healthy Lungs

Please join and listen to this wonderful review of common conditions affecting the lungs. Dr Schwartz provides us with information regarding how today's air quality affects developing lungs in children, how it affects those of us who are adults and may or may not have underlying pulmonary issues.

We review the most common pulmonary concerns, advances in therapy and how to maintain good pulmonary health.

Dr Schwartz shares some very recent information on the genetics associated with one of the more common pulmonary diseases, Pulmonary Fibrosis.

Guest:

Guest Dr. David Schwartz, MD Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Immunology in the Division of Pulmonary Sciences & Critical Care at the University of Colorado

Immediate Past Chair of Medicine The University of Colorado School of Medicine, Director Center for Genes, Environment & Health, National Jewish Health, and previous Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences at the National Institutes of Health.

During This Episode We Discuss:

A review of how the lungs function

The role of the Pulmonary specialist

How the lungs interact with the environment

A review of common lung conditions and diseases

What is COPD

Asthma

Bronchitis

Emphysema

Sarcoidosis

Pulmonary Fibrosis

Pulmonary Cancers and Detection

Pulmonary Infections

Smoking and Smoking related pulmonary diseases

Chronic Cough

When should you be seen by a Pulmonary specialist (Pulmonologist)

Current research and understanding of the role of the environment and the above conditions, diseases

Genetic determinants of pulmonary disease

How to maintain good pulmonary health

Quotes (Tweetables):

‘The Environment that we are faced with really is interesting because it forces the lungs to adapt and re adapt to a changing and dynamic environment’

Dr Schwartz

If you smoke less than 10 cigarettes per day, your not addicted to Nicotine

Dr Schwartz

Recommended Resources:

Pulmonary Fibrosis:

Google NIH, find

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Pulmonary Fibrosis

rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/8609/idiopathic-pulmonary-fibrosis/

The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation

www.pulmonaryfibrosis.org

Dr David Schwartz

University of Colorado School of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Sciences

Pulmonary Disease

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Select: Health Information: Pulmonary Disease

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