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COPD National Action Plan Fact Sheet

This action plan shows how providers and the patient and caregiver community can help raise awareness of COPD and reduce its impact.

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The COPD Caregiver’s Toolkit

Are you caring for someone with COPD? The NHLBI offers information and tools to help. 

View the toolkit.
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COPD and Smoking: My Plan to Quit

COPD and Smoking: My Plan to Quit 

Learn how quitting can help you feel better and how to work with your provider.

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NHLBI in the Press
About 1 in 4 Americans may have inadequate iron intake or absorption
An estimated 11% of adults without traditional risk factors, like anemia and heart failure, for low iron levels may have iron deficiency and 15% may experience iron malabsorption, according to new research. The authors note these findings underscore the need for preventive screenings.

COPD: Portraits of Lung Health at Any Age

Photo of researcher Julie Kanter, M.D., a professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and director of the school’s Adult Sickle Cell Program. Source: University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Research Feature
Shedding light on a neglected form of sickle cell disease
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of painful and life-threatening genetic disorders that affect hemoglobin, the major protein that carries oxygen in red blood cells. It occurs in nearly 100,000 people in the United States and millions worldwide. The most common type is hemoglobin SS (HbSS), which affects about 65% of those with sickle cell...
A photo of atrial fibrillation, an irregular heart rhythm.
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NHLBI in the Press
Atrial fibrillation estimated to affect about 1 in 22 Americans
An analysis projects that 10 million Americans currently have atrial fibrillation, an irregular heart rhythm, which is three times higher than predictions created more than 20 years ago. Updated estimates support efforts to better prevent, detect, and treat atrial fibrillation.
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