Oxygen

31 Dec You’ve Been Prescribed Oxygen. Great. Now How Do You Deal With It?

Posted at 05:39h in Better Breathing, COPD Research, Oxygen, Travel 1 Comment

You’ve been prescribed oxygen, and your brain tells you that it’s good for you, but maybe your ego tells you...

17 Dec What to Know When Traveling With Portable Oxygen

Posted at 05:45h in Better Breathing, COPD Research, Other Lung Therapies, Oxygen, Travel 2 Comments

The TSA will not allow you to travel with either compressed gas tanks or with liquid oxygen supplies. The only...

10 Dec Flying Over the Holidays? You May Need Supplemental Oxygen

Posted at 15:58h in Better Breathing, COPD Research, Infections & Pneumonia, Other Lung Therapies, Oxygen, Travel 2 Comments

You probably already know that, if you travel by airplane, you’ll experience some decrease in air pressure and lower than...

01 Oct Portable Oxygen Systems Essential for Patients with COPD

Posted at 06:28h in Better Breathing, COPD Research, Oxygen 10 Comments

By Brian L. Tiep, MD Director of Pulmonary Rehabilitation City of Hope National Medical Center Oxygen therapy has been known or believed to...

03 Sep The PELICAN Study Can Help You Improve Your Oxygen Use

Posted at 06:13h in COPD Research, Oxygen 1 Comment

Investigators at LA BioMed are pleased to be involved with the PELICAN Study – a research program designed to help...

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