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2. Drug Shields Mice From Emphysema - US News and World Report
Experimental approach seemed to protect the animals from smoke's harmful effects, researchers say
3. Young Pop Star's Emphysema Startles Experts - US News and World Report
By Amanda Gardner HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, June 23 (HealthDay News) -- The shocking revelation by her father that 24-year-old British singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse may have a mild form of emphysema leaves experts with more questions than answers.
4. Respiratory Disorders - Causes, Prevention, Symptoms and Treatment - Diseases and Conditions - US...
Learn about respiratory diseases and disorders such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd), lung cancer, and sinusitis. Find its causes, symptoms, prevention, test and treatment
5. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease  (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is lung disease that makes it difficult to breathe. There are two main forms of COPD: Chronic bronchitis, which causes long-term swelling and a large amount of mucus in the main airways in the lungs; Em...• Reviewer: Benjamin Medoff, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Pulmonary and Critical Care Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
6. Emphysema  (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
Emphysema is a lung disease that, along with chronic bronchitis, represents a type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Medical scientists have defined emphysema as "a condition of the lung characterized by abnormal, permanent enlargemen...• Author: JOHN L. STAUFFER

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7. Emphysema -- Information from Healthwise
COPD is often a mix of two diseases, chronic bronchitis and emphysema.. COPD symptoms depend on whether your disease is mainly chronic bronchitis or mainly emphysema. If you primarily have emphysema, you may not have much of a cough and may not...
http://www.everettclinic.com/kbase/topic/special/hw32559/sec1.htm
8. Emphysema -- Information from Health A to Z
Overall, the prognosis for patients with emphysema is poor, with a survival rate for all those with COPD of four years, and even less for emphysema. Emphysema is a chronic respiratory disease where there is over-inflation of the air sacs...
http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/emphysema.jsp
9. Emphysema -- EMedicineHealth Consumer Information
It is included in a group of diseases called chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD (pulmonary refers to the lungs). In people with emphysema, the lung tissues necessary to support the physical shape and function of the lung are destroyed.
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/16255-1.asp
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