Tag Archives: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD

Nepal has ‘world’s highest’ lung disease death rate

Posted on August 19, 2022 by Respro® UK Ltd

Nepal has the world’s highest age-adjusted death rate for chronic lung disease at 182.5 per 100,000 population, with more than 3,000 years lost to ill health or disability from the condition, according to an international study. Nearly all cases of … Continue reading →

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Delhi air pollution: Health experts witness 15 percent rise in Asthma cases as air quality degrades

Posted on October 19, 2020 by Respro® UK Ltd

Health experts have been witnessing an almost 15 per cent rise in the number of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) or Asthma patients for the past 10 days as air quality started aggravating from moderate to poor to very poor … Continue reading →

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Air pollution: Why and how it kills 

Posted on May 18, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air pollution – indoor and outdoor – killed an estimated 6.5 million people in 2012, the latest data from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows. Exposure to high levels of air pollution, especially over the long term, can affect human … Continue reading →

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More die of lung diseases in Wandsworth than national average – 4,000 remain undiagnosed

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

More people are dying of lung diseases in Wandsworth than the national average, and thousands remain undiagnosed with potentially fatal conditions according to health bosses. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), an umbrella term for a number of respiratory diseases, make … Continue reading →

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Air pollution affects my life on a day-to-day basis

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Respro® UK Ltd

Rosalind Dalton has lived in the Royal Borough of Greenwich for 25 years, close to the A102 pictured. A couple of years ago she was diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD. This is a condition often associated with smoking, … Continue reading →

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