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
Often licked, never beaten
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Often licked, never beaten
Wednesday 18 August 2021, 04:28 PM

The dog was a winner, not so much the licking [Editor's note: this is not Dame Clare's dog]
Editor Barbara Fountain sides with a British dame in holding on to hope for general practice in an era of overwork and stress
"Every day I think she’s dead and I go and poke her.”
Dame Clare Gerada has an 18-year-old, incontinent dog. It waddled into view at the recent RNZ
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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