...over 450 people attended the first National COPD Conference organized
shooting fighting games by the US COPD Coalition on November 14-15, 2003.

Conference Information

• Complete Conference Program (Adobe PDF file - requires the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.)
• Photos of the conference

Media Coverage

• I had the great fortune to attend the first-ever National COPD Conference, held November 14-15, 2003 in Arlington, Virginia. It inspired me to share my story as a patient with COPD, my frustration over the difficulty of raising awareness about this catastrophic disease, and my reasons for hoping that things are about to change. - The Struggle to Raise COPD Awareness, by Linda Watson (MS Word Document)

• For the first time, women have surpassed men as victims of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, a chronic and destructive condition that affects a staggering 24 million Americans and kills about 119,000 each year, researchers said Thursday. - UPI story by Katrina Woznicki

• Millions of Americans at risk for a breath-robbing disease leave the doctor's office every year not knowing they missed out on a simple test that could tell if their lungs have begun scarring and dying. - AP Story by Lauran Neergaard

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Please contact Suzanne Hurd, PhD.