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# COPD

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# smoking age
Three-quarters of people want legal age to buy tobacco raised to 21, poll shows
A total of 73% of the people surveyed are in favour of raising the age for the sale of cigarettes from 18 to 21
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Nov 16th 2021, 12:54 PM
# Coronavirus
People with asthma and COPD assured there's no need to stockpile medicine
The Asthma Society also advised against people acting on misinformation being spread on social media.
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Mar 20th 2020, 8:14 AM
# Coronavirus
Asthma Society of Ireland 'inundated with calls' from people with existing respiratory illnesses
The charity’s CEO has warned that people with asthma would experience more severe symptoms if they contract Covid-19.
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Mar 14th 2020, 7:11 PM
# breathing problems
New tool identifies which patients with COPD are at risk of death or serious complications
About 500,000 people in Ireland have COPD, but half of them likely do not know they have the condition.
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Jan 5th 2019, 8:30 PM
# COPD
500,000 people in Ireland have this condition, but half don't even realise
COPD, more commonly known as bronchitis or emphysema, is primarily caused by smoking.
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Nov 11th 2018, 11:30 AM
# COPD
250,000 Irish people aren't being diagnosed with fatal disease that can be managed if caught early
Ireland has the highest rate of hospitalisation for COPD in the OECD, almost double the OECD average.
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Apr 26th 2018, 6:00 AM
# Lancet
75% of chronic pulmonary disease cases linked to childhood illnesses and parental smoking
The findings were published in The Lancet journal this week.
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Apr 8th 2018, 10:30 AM
# alpha-1
'We wouldn't be here without it': HSE will not fund life-saving lung disease drug
21 Alpha-1 patients in Ireland have been receiving Respreeza up until now through a compassionate use programme.
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Aug 9th 2017, 4:17 PM
# alpha-1
'I'm living proof it works': Patients with severe lung condition call for access to 'life-changing' drug
People are set to lose access to Respreeza at the end of the month.
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May 4th 2017, 6:00 AM
# save your breath
The 'devastating' common illness we need to talk about
“My first instinct was ‘Oh my god, I’m going to die.’”
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Nov 14th 2015, 11:15 AM
# Smoking
"It takes a long time to accept it, especially when you've caused it yourself"
“I hold my hands up, smoking was a big factor for me.”
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Nov 24th 2014, 6:45 AM
# thank you for not smoking
This woman had to give up her job, swimming and going to the salon...because of smoking
Paula Newman and two other smokers with lung cancer, heart problems and COPD urge kids to not smoke in three short video messages.
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Jan 23rd 2014, 9:30 PM
# Lung disease
Irish scientists find potential new treatment for smoking-related diseases
The new approach could help save patients with conditions often associated with long-term smoking.
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Feb 21st 2012, 3:20 PM