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		<title>Healthy and Active Living with COPD</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 20:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fabiana Talbot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Faces of COPD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healthy Living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[active]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[excerise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthy lifestyle]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s important for every individual with COPD to maintain an active lifestyle. By being physically active, you’re helping both your mind and body. Your COPD may restrict some of the activities you used to do, but it shouldn’t stop you from doing many other things. And keeping your body active, either by exercising or in pulmonary rehabilitation, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make Your Voice Heard!</title>
		<link>http://blog.copdfoundation.org/make-your-voice-heard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 16:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>COPD Coach</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Personal Stories]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Readers, First of all, many thanks for the kind letters and responses you have been sending in! We really appreciate the fact you took the time to get involved! Speaking of getting involved, there are a lot of patients and caregivers of COPD out there, with many of the same fears and frustrations that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Two Are All You Get&#8221;- Express Yourself!</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.copdfoundation.org/two-are-all-you-get-express-yourself/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 20:26:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fabiana Talbot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Faces of COPD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healthy Living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COPD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.copdfoundation.org/?p=3821</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We receive tons of mail on a daily basis here at the COPD Foundation&#8217;s DC office.  Donations, questions, thank you notes, original artwork and music &#8212; a wonderful variety.  The other day we received a lovely poem from Ed Shibley from Springfield, Mass.  Read his touching words below and share your creative works with us [...]]]></description>
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		<title>May is Asthma Awareness Month</title>
		<link>http://blog.copdfoundation.org/may-is-asthma-awareness-month/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.copdfoundation.org/may-is-asthma-awareness-month/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 13:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katelyn Harding</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alpha-1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asthma]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.copdfoundation.org/?p=3805</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that May is Asthma awareness month? What does asthma have to do with COPD? More than you may think. COPD is mistaken for asthma frequently, and that’s because the two can overlap. It’s possible to have a component of both. The main difference between the two is that COPD is airway obstruction [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2nd Annual COPD Awareness Night with New York Mets!</title>
		<link>http://blog.copdfoundation.org/2nd-annual-copd-awareness-night-with-new-york-mets/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.copdfoundation.org/2nd-annual-copd-awareness-night-with-new-york-mets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 18:19:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fabiana Talbot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healthy Living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[baseball]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Mandt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cincinnati]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reds]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.copdfoundation.org/?p=3807</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[June 16, 2012 marks the second annual COPD Awareness Night with the New York Mets at Citi Field!  The Mets will take a stand against the third leading cause of death in the U.S. in honor of Bob Mandt, a Mets executive and employee of 50 years who lived with COPD. Fans will have the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speaker Presentations of COPD7USA and Second National COPD Conference Now Available Online!</title>
		<link>http://blog.copdfoundation.org/speaker-presentations-of-copd7usa-and-second-national-copd-conference-now-available-online/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.copdfoundation.org/speaker-presentations-of-copd7usa-and-second-national-copd-conference-now-available-online/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katelyn Harding</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COPD awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COPD conferences]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.copdfoundation.org/?p=3756</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Remember the December conferences last year? When the COPD Foundation and U.S. COPD Coalition hosted the COPD7USA Conference and Second National COPD Conference? Well, now select speaker presentations in audio and/or ODF format are available for you to hear/view! Both organizations would like to thank all the volunteer faculty who traveled to Washington from across [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Volunteer Request</title>
		<link>http://blog.copdfoundation.org/volunteer-request/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.copdfoundation.org/volunteer-request/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>COPD Coach</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask the Expert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COPD awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COPD education]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.copdfoundation.org/?p=3737</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A Letter From the COPD Coaches We would like to thank all of our readers for the great letters and comments for our Ask the Coach section. We hope that they have provided our readers with the information they need to be more proactive in their COPD management. The COPD Foundation has since its early [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The COPD Shuttle: Journey to the Center of the Lung!</title>
		<link>http://blog.copdfoundation.org/the-copd-shuttle-journey-to-the-center-of-the-lung/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.copdfoundation.org/the-copd-shuttle-journey-to-the-center-of-the-lung/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fabiana Talbot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healthy Living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COPD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lung education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile Spirometry Unit]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.copdfoundation.org/?p=3739</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The COPD Shuttle: Journey to the Center of the Lung, is a 20-seat, state-of-the-art mobile motion simulator, launched by the COPD Foundation in May 2010. The COPD Shuttle is designed to make viewers feel as if they are inside the body, offering a rare glimpse into the lungs, heightening their understanding of COPD, and providing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Huffing and Puffing</title>
		<link>http://blog.copdfoundation.org/huffing-and-puffing/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.copdfoundation.org/huffing-and-puffing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janina Kowalski</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Faces of COPD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COPD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COPD awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fundraising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smoking Cessation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.copdfoundation.org/?p=3713</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One Woman&#8217;s Run Exemplifies for Mother&#8217;s Battle with COPD On May 6th, Christina Vella is running a marathon in honor of her late mother, Rosalie Vella. For Christina, the run symbolizes her mother’s struggle with COPD. “I run this event because every day my mom struggled for air and the 26.2 miles that I am huffing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is it COPD?</title>
		<link>http://blog.copdfoundation.org/is-it-copd/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.copdfoundation.org/is-it-copd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:40:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>COPD Coach</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask the Expert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comorbidities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anxiety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[co-morbidity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COPD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exercise and COPD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lung cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pulmonary rehabilitation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stress]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.copdfoundation.org/?p=3724</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Coach, I am from New Zealand and have yet to discover any support service for people with COPD here. I was diagnosed three months ago.  What led to this was lung cancer resulting in surgery, and a Lobectomy on the right side.   Since starting on medication for COPD, my symptoms have become much more pronounced [...]]]></description>
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