Cigarette smoking is far and away the leading cause of COPD. Most of those with COPD are current or former smokers. Heredity, childhood respiratory infections, and long-term exposure to other lung irritants, such as air pollution, chemical fumes, or dust may contribute to or cause COPD.
November is COPD Awareness Month. (Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) In COPD, less air flows in and out of the airways because of one or more of the following: The airways and air sacs lose their elasticity. Elasticity is the stretchiness your lungs need to fill up with and push out air. In COPD, these sacs
Health awareness months, weeks, and days are important human connections that rally us together to spread awareness and show support. November awareness inlcudes COPD Awareness. You already know a lot about COPD without realizing it or even having to think about it. You’ve seen patients walking around with the oxygen tanks or tubes in their
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ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC. Presents…. 2021 Surgeon General Initiative Health Series BREAST CANCER October 28, 2021 | 7:00 P.M. EDT Join us via FB or YouTube… Alpha Phi Alpha Facebook https://www.facebook.com/1906apanetwork/ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZCo9ezB1jPAnnBHa4g6jiw
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Covid-19 Vaccine Mandates Why and Where Does This Lead Us? Wednesday | October 27 | 7 PM EST/6 PM CST JOIN US!
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BREAST CANCER MYTHS cont. 11. “Tight clothes and underwire bras will make me get breast cancer.” Not true. Neither has any connection to breast cancer. breastcancer.org reports….. Underwire bras do not cause breast cancer. Only one scientific study has looked at the link between wearing a bra and breast cancer. There was no real difference
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Up next…. DENTAL HYGIENE Join the men of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity for our next webinar of the Surgeon General Initiative. Set your calendars: every Thursday at 7 pm EDT, we will bring you subject matter experts to address health topics of interest in a way meant to inform and empower. This week’s event
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In case you missed it! Watch a recap of yesterday’s webinar on mental health. Surgeon General’s Initiative Health Series: Mental Health Webinar Join Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. for the Surgeon General’s Initiative Health Series as we discuss Mental Health with this brilliant panel of Brothers.
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