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Comprehensive Program Doesn't Prevent COPD Hospitalizations A special program for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- education, individualized treatment plans, and telephone case management - appeared to do more harm than good.
Reuters Health Information, May 17, 2012
New Meta-Analysis Finds Nutritional Support Helpful in COPD Nutritional support, mainly in the form of oral nutritional supplements, has a significant upside in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Reuters Health Information, May 8, 2012

Pearls on the Use of Tiotropium and a LABA for COPD Should tiotropium be used alone or with a LABA to control COPD exacerbations and decrease mortality?
Medscape Pulmonary Medicine, May 2, 2012
Vitamin D Supplementation for COPD: Hype or Hope?
Medscape Pulmonary Medicine, March 30, 2012

A New Treatment for COPD
Medscape Pulmonary Medicine, March 8, 2012
The Best Treatment for COPD
Medscape Pulmonary Medicine, December 8, 2011
Top 10 Pulmonary Medicine Articles: 2011
Medscape Pulmonary Medicine, December 8, 2011
Fighting Noncommunicable Diseases: The Tobacco Component
Medscape Internal Medicine, October 10, 2011