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Breathe Easy Arizona Overview
The American Lung Association in Arizona is proud to present Breathe Easy Arizona: A COPD Collaborative, a new program that focuses on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease throughout the state. The Breathe Easy program identifies individuals at-risk for COPD through early detection and screening. The Arizona COPD Coalition offers a forum for people in the COPD community.If you are interested in this program please call (602) 258-7505 or (520) 323-1812.
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Please be our guest at the Arizona COPD Coalition's inaugural annual meeting and planning session.The Arizona COPD Coalition will meet on Wednesday, February 17, 2010, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. for its inaugural annual meeting at the Black Canyon Conference Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Veronica Perez, MPH, Director of Chronic Disease Programs with Arizona Department of Health Services is the featured keynote speaker. A wonderful (and complimentary) buffet lunch will provide fuel for everyone to participate in an interactive planning session for the Coalition.
Interested in COPD? Please join us for this important, dynamic, (and free) event. RSVP today by calling Alice at 602.429.0011 or emailing amyskowski@lungarizona.org.
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Glossary
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Allergena substance (such as a food or pollen) that your body perceives as dangerous and can cause an allergic reaction.
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Alpha 1- antitrysinA protective material produced in the liver and transported to the lungs to help combat inflammation. Deficiency states occur as the result of hereditary defects.
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Alveolithin-walled, small sacs located at the ends of the smallest airways in the lungs where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place.
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Apneaabsence of breathing for more than 10 seconds. See also sleep apnea.
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Arterial blood gas testa blood test that measures oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood.
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Blebs and bullaelocalized destruction of portions of the lungs that may compress otherwise useful lung tissues.