Respiratory physician Lutz Beckert considers chronic obstructive pulmonary disease management, including the prevention of COPD, the importance of smoking cessation and pulmonary rehabilitation, and the lifesaving potential of addressing treatable traits. He also discusses the logic of inhaler therapy, moving from single therapy to dual and triple therapy when indicated, as well as other aspects of management
Spinal cord injury’s cruel irony: Loss of function, influx of pain
Spinal cord injury’s cruel irony: Loss of function, influx of pain

Zahra Shahtahmasebi asked how people live with chronic pain after spinal injury, and what the health system is doing, to or failing to do, to help
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