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"AN ex-ambulance officer with long-term lung disease has told how a community matron has battled through the snow to deliver his medication.

Ron Kellett, 60, has had COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) for nearly 10 years. "

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"People who develop chronic lung disease are more likely to be shorter in height than the general population, researchers say.\n\nThe University of Nottingham team looked at more than one million people aged over 35 for their study. "

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A DAILY tablet trialled at a Merseyside hospital could save the lives of millions of lung disease sufferers around the world.

The pill, Roflumilast, tested by patients at University Hospital Aintree, treats one of the world’s biggest killers – chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a term for chronic bronchitis and emphysema.

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A DAILY tablet tried out at a Merseyside hospital could save the lives of millions of lung disease sufferers around the world.

The pill, Roflumilast, tested by patients at Fazakerley hospital, treats one of the world’s biggest killers – chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a term for chronic bronchitis and emphysema.

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Catherine Lewington is excited that she has her first cold of the year.

And unlike the many other common colds the 59-year-old has suffered, Catherine knows exactly what type she has - RV16.

Despite having the lung condition Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Catherine is feeling relatively well and being regularly monitored by clinicians.

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Most GPs have difficulty telling apart chronic severe lung disease from asthma, a survey finds.

Experts are warning chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma patients may have to be re-tested.

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A LIFE-saving transplant using lungs which were made to `breathe' outside the body has been carried out at a Manchester hospital.

Ken Collins, 55, is the first in Britain to benefit from the `ex vivo' - or outside the body - procedure, after a 14-hour op at Wythenshawe Hospital.

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A patient has become the first in Britain to have a life-saving transplant using a technique that doctors hope will increase by 25 per cent the number of lungs available for transplant.

Kenneth Collins, 55, who was diagnosed with emphysema and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease earlier this year, had been on a transplant list since June. A third of patients die while waiting for suitable lungs to become available from donors.

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As intrepid climbers, they were denied their moment of glory when they were forced to turn back just 300ft below the summit of Everest, three days before Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay conquered the mountain. But more than 60 years later Tom Bourdillon, the British rocket scientist who designed the breathing equipment for the historic expedition, and his climbing partner Charles Evans have found recognition as pioneers in another field.

The respirators they used are being redeveloped to help sufferers of one of the world’s deadliest diseases.

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