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COPD Awareness Continues to Rise, New NIH Survey Finds

Yet many at risk do not talk to their doctor about symptoms

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Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2011. Awareness of COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), the nation’s third leading killer, continues to rise in the United States, according to the results of a Web-based survey released today by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health.

Seventy-one percent of surveyed adults said they are aware of COPD, compared with 65 percent…

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