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5 Questions You Should Ask Your Doctor About COPD
A number of my patients—especially those who smoke, used to smoke or live with smokers—have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD. COPD refers to a group of lung diseases, including emphysema and chronic bronchitis, that cause airflow obstruction and breathing-related problems. When a person has COPD, their airway passage narrows due to mucus build-up. This inhibits the flow of oxygen to and from the lungs, making it hard to breathe.
A serious, sometimes fatal, lung condition
According to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, COPD was the fourth-leading cause of …
Mount Kisco's Brenda Barnes, Beloved Mother, Grandmother, Longtime Laerdal Medical Employee, 80
Longtime Mount Kisco resident Brenda Elizabeth Barnes — a loving mother and grandmother, cherished sister and beloved aunt who savored the arts, culture and literature and whose experiences across the globe gave her a gracious wisdom and sense of humor — died on Sunday, Jan. 26. She was 80.
Brenda was born on June 2, 1939, one of the first to be born at Wilcox Memorial Hospital in Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii, in what was then a territory of the United States.
She lived in Kealia, Kauai with her parents and sisters, attending Kauai’s Kapaa Schools and later Punahou High School on Oahu until …
