Raising COPD awareness

Can you name the fourth leading cause of death in adults in America? Chances are you can't, says William Bailey,
M.D.,director of the UAB Lung Health Center.


"While it doesn't get much attention, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) has become our nation's fourth leading
killer behind heart disease, cancer and stroke. And it's the only one of these four killers whose death rate is expected to
increase over the next 20 years."


Bailey is a leader in a new National Institutes of Health campaign to increase awareness of COPD, a disease largely
associated with cigarette smoking. November is COPD Awareness Month.


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