http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Patients with moderate COPD were randomized to receive "usual care" or to undergo an interdisciplinary, community-based program (INTERCOM) that offered an intensive lifestyle moderation phase of four months, during which patients were instructed in detail to perform two 15-minute intervals of pleasurable walking or cycling, and offered instruction in other lifestyle changes such as nutrition and smoking cessation. After the four-month introductory period, there was a less intensive 20-month maintenance during which patients were offered guidance but not intensive intervention. http://www.physorg.com/news162057768.html Medicine & Health Wed, 20 May 2009 17:03:27 EST news162057768 (PhysOrg.com) -- Generally speaking, patients with COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) deteriorate suddenly, in bursts, often as a result of bacterial or viral infections. http://www.physorg.com/news159551174.html Medicine & Health Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:46:49 EST news159551174 Smoking cigarettes is not only the principle cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but it may change the body's immune responses to bacteria that commonly cause exacerbations of the disease, according to new research in a mouse model. http://www.physorg.com/news158303753.html Medicine & Health Tue, 07 Apr 2009 06:16:44 EST news158303753 Scientists at Duke University Medical Center have discovered two genetic markers that appear to put some smokers at significantly higher risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). http://www.physorg.com/news156751666.html Medicine & Health Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:09:19 EST news156751666 (PhysOrg.com) -- Men across the Asia-Pacific region have consistently higher mortality and hospitalization rates for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) than corresponding rates for women in the region. http://www.physorg.com/news150389593.html Medicine & Health Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:53:13 EST news150389593