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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Currently the 4th leading cause of death.

 

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 We believe in "living with"  COPD, not "suffering from."

 

 

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With 750,000 "reported " cases in Canada, and probably that many again unreported  or undiagnosed according to the Canadian Lung Association,

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