Brandy Stroeder's fight for a lung and liver transplant turns to evaluations at Stanford. Our decades-long overreliance on antibiotics has created serious new health problems. It's entirely possible that you, like many people I know, have never heard of COPD or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a sort of catchall term for the combined existence of emphysema, chronic bronchitis or asthmatic bronchitis. Formerly called the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, AHRQ sponsors and conducts research to provide evidence-based health information for patients, healthcare providers, and policymakers alike. The agency's Web site makes it easier to find a wide variety of information ranging from children's health to choosing a health plan.
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