Is it possible to develop COPD without smoking? Learn more about the non-smoking causes of COPD with Meilan Han, MD, MS, of University of Michigan Health, and host Erika Moseson, MD, MA, on the ATS Breathe Easy podcast.

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What is pulmonary rehabilitation and how does it help COPD patients? Rachel Evans, MD, University of Leicester, explains on the latest episode of the ATS Breathe Easy podcast, alongside COPD advocate Russell Winwood and host Amy Attaway, MD.

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Today is the Great American Smokeout, in which people are urged to quit smoking. Vapes have as many negative health effects as other tobacco products, as Laura Crotty Alexander, MD, explains to host Erika Moseson, MD, MA, on the ATS Breathe Easy podcast.

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It's Patient Voices Wednesday! David Badenoch from the Vasculitis Foundation talks about the importance of patients being present at conferences like the ATS International Conference to share their stories and experience.

Learn more about his story: site.thoracic.org/advocacy-pat...

Exercise is key to managing COPD symptoms. As World COPD Day approaches on Nov. 19, COPD advocate Russell Winwood explains the importance of movement and community for those who live with this lung condition. 

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For generations of clinicians and researchers, ATS has provided spaces for innovation and collaboration. Lisa Maier, MD, MSPH, ATSF, of @nationaljewish.org, talks about how the ATS has aided her in helping the world breathe through medicine and advocacy.

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To use steroids to treat patients, or not to use steroids? That was the question for Julio Ramirez, MD, Norton Healthcare and University of Louisville, and his colleagues as they updated the ATS guidelines for community-acquired pneumonia.

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It's Patient Voices Wednesday! Patient and advocate Maria Young of ARDS Alliance explains why sharing the patient experience is key to continued learning and healing.

Hear her story in the 14th edition of Patient Voices:site.thoracic.org/advocacy-pat...