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Pain Management and Children
What are the causes and effects of pain?
Pain management is an important concern for a child with cancer or other pain-causing diseases. When a child has cancer, one of his or her greatest fears, and the fear of parents, is pain. Every effort should be made to ease the pain during the treatment process.
Pain is a sensation of discomfort, distress, or agony. Because pain is unique to each person, a child's pain can't be measured with a lab test or imaging study. Healthcare providers can evaluate a child's pain by observing him or her and asking about it. There are a number of tools and methods available to help assess pain in children.
Pain may be acute or chronic. Acute pain is severe and lasts a relatively short time. It is usually a sign that body tissue is being injured in some way. The pain generally disappears when the injury heals. Chronic pain may range from mild to severe, and is present to some degree for long periods of time.
Many people believe that if a person has been diagnosed with cancer, they must be in pain. This is not necessarily the case, and, when pain is present, it can be reduced or even prevented. Pain management is an important area to talk with your child's doctor as soon as a cancer diagnosis is suspected.
Pain may be from the cancer or for other reasons. Children can normally have headaches, general discomfort, pains, and muscle strains as part of being a child. Not every pain a child expresses is from the cancer, or is being caused by the cancer.
Cancer pain may depend on the type of cancer, the stage of the disease, and how well your child can tolerate pain. Cancer pain that lasts several days or longer may result from:
Pain from a tumor that is growing, or pain from a tumor that is pressing on body organs, nerves, or bones
Poor blood flow because the cancer has blocked blood vessels
Blockage of an organ or tube in the body
Cancer cells that have spread to other sites in the body (metastasis)
Infection or inflammation
Side effects from chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or surgery
Stiffness from inactivity
Psychological responses to illness, such as tension, depression, or anxiety
Severe developmental delay increases risk for sensory and neuropathic pain
What is pharmacological pain management?
Pediatric oncology clinics usually offer several options for any procedure that may be painful, such as a bone marrow aspiration or lumbar puncture. There are many types of medicines and several methods used in giving them, from very temporary (10 minute) mild sedation, to full general anesthesia in the operating room. Pain medicine is usually given in one of the following ways:
Orally (by swallowing)
Intravenously (IV), through a needle in a vein or marrow in a long bone
By a catheter in the back
Through a patch on the skin
Examples of pharmacological pain relief include the following:
Mild pain relievers, such as acetaminophen and ibuprofen
Opioid analgesics, such as morphine and oxycodone
Sedation (usually given by IV)
General anesthesia
Topical anesthetics (cream or patches put on the skin to numb the area)
Adjuvant pain relievers such as antidepressants or anticonvulsants for nerve pain
Steroids for enlarged liver or swelling in the brain.
Radiation or bisphosphonates for bone pain
Some children build up a tolerance to sedatives and pain relievers. Over time, doses may need to increase or the choice of medicines may need to change. Fear of addiction to narcotics is common among families. It is important to understand that the ultimate goals are comfort, function, and overall quality of life, which means taking steps to assure the child is free from pain. There is no evidence of addiction to pain medicines in children being treated for cancer.
What is nonpharmacological pain management?
Nonpharmacological pain management is the management of pain without medicines. This method utilizes ways to alter thinking and focus to decrease pain. Methods include:
Psychological. The unexpected is always worse because of what one imagines. If the child is prepared and can anticipate what will happen to him or her, his or her stress level will be much lower. Ways to do this include:
Explain each step of a procedure in detail, utilizing simple pictures or diagrams when available.
Meet with the person who will do the procedure and allow your child to ask questions ahead of time.
Tour the room where the procedure will take place.
Teens may watch a video, which describes the procedure, while small children can "play" the procedure on a doll, or watch a "demonstration" on a doll.
Hypnosis. With hypnosis, a professional (such as a psychologist or doctor) guides the child into an altered state of consciousness that helps him or her to focus or narrow his or her attention, to reduce discomfort.
Imagery. Guiding a child through an imaginary mental image of sights, sounds, tastes, smells, and feelings can often help shift attention away from the pain.
Distraction. Distraction can be helpful particularly for babies by using colorful, moving objects. Singing songs, telling stories, or looking at books or videos can distract preschoolers. Older children find watching TV or listening to music helpful. Distraction should not be a substitute for explaining what to expect.
Relaxation. Children can be guided through relaxation exercises, such as deep breathing and stretching, to reduce discomfort.
Other nonpharmacological pain management may use alternative therapies, such as acupuncture, massage, or biofeedback, to ease discomfort.
Each child experiences pain differently. It is important to tailor a pain treatment plan based on each child's needs. Finding the best plan often requires testing a variety of treatments by trial and error.
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Thursday, November 13, 2008
Norwegian Whole-Wheat Bread
My book club read Out Stealing Horses, by Per Petterson, this month--a novel about a taciturn 67-year-old widower who retreats to a rustic house in an isolated spot in Norway. I know, it sounds like a real page-turner, doesn't it? But it's a marvelous book, and beautifully written. Our book club eats well, with the host providing the main course and the rest of us filling in. It was my turn to bring bread, and I wanted to make something appropriately Norwegian.
Most of the Norwegian bread recipes I came across were for lefse. There are many Norwegians in Minnesota, and they go crazy for lefse around Christmas-time. Lefse is a potato-based flatbread that's apparently too bland even for Scandinavians in its pristine state, but they claim it's terrific if you put lots of butter and sugar on it. Or maybe it just tastes good compared to ludefisk, the other Norwegian Christmas taste treat--that's the yummy lye-cured fish. Anyway, I didn't want to make lefse (or ludefisk, for that matter).
I finally found a recipe for this Norwegian wheat bread in James Beard's Beard On Bread cookbook. According to Beard, this bread is taught in the Norwegian Government School for Domestic Science Teachers in Oslo. Sounds like a cheery bunch of folks. It's made with whole wheat, rye, and white flours, milk, yeast, and salt. He describes it as a "very dense, coarse bread full of honest flavor." The word "honest" should have given me a clue that it might be the kind of bread that seems good for you, like you will get points in heaven merely for eating it. Unlike a croissant, for example, which gives you no points, but is heavenly to eat. Beard does give fair warning that the dough will be "stiff and difficult to knead." And it was.
This dough almost killed my KitchenAid mixer, which started to groan and get over-heated after about five minutes. I took the dough out and kneaded it by hand, or attempted to knead it. I whacked it and pounded it, and it barely moved. Then I tried to shape it into a round loaf.
I could not shape this bread for the life of me. I finally decided that since it was supposed to be free-form and rustic, that's what it would be. I thought that the ladies at the Norwegian Government School for Domestic Science would not be happy with this attempt, but that Trond, the hero of the book, probably wouldn't much care. I also harbored a secret hope that it would somehow reshape itself nicely while it was baking. No such luck.
This is its most photogenic angle:
This is its least photogenic angle:
I sneaked the bread over to Sally's house in a plain brown wrapper so no one would see its deformities, and I craftily sliced it in the kitchen, away from prying eyes. It looked ... honest ... and sturdy.
If you imagined it in a sunny Norwegian kitchen, freshly sliced and slathered with sweet butter, it sounded pretty good. But if you imagined it on a dismal, gray, winter day, day-old and eaten with that nasty brown gjetost cheese, well, you could do better.
15 comments:
- Melinda said...
Well I couldn't sleep so I finally got up and decided to look up my blog friends. I was delighted to see a new post from you.
So funny! I think I laughed so loud I may have woken up Ian.
I loved the photogenic Norwegian bread and then suddenly the not-so-photogenic side appears! But, it actually doesn't look that bad sliced. Well done!
I now want to read your book club book, that I have never heard about before.
But I don't ever want to taste ludefisk.
- breadbasketcase said...
I couldn't believe that you posted a comment ten minutes after I wrote this. I said to myself, does that woman never sleep? And then I read that you couldn't. I hope my post helped put you to sleep. My book club never agrees about a book, but everyone liked this one.
I hope you never have to taste ludefisk!
- jini said...
several years ago i was working in a nursing home and the administration at that time decided it would be "fun" to have some ethnic meals to match the ethnicity of our residents. for christmas it was lutefisk and lefse and we had one brave norwegian sign up for the meal. the poor guy was sick most of the night, so please do not try it melinda or marie. it's nasty stuff altho i have friends who can't wait to have that special treat for the holidays!
i am sure you are a better person for having made this bread marie. part of the betterness is for rescuing your kitchenaid before it breathed its last!! it does look wholesome and a bit too healthy to me!
- June said...
Sometimes I wonder about the logic of including recipes in cookbooks - if the resultant bread is not particularly tasty, if it's difficult to prepare - why publish the recipe? Good for you for persevering, though.
- breadbasketcase said...
That's a sad story--poor old Norwegian guy gamely going to an ethnic celebration where he's the only person there and the food makes him sick! I can always use "better person" credit, so if that's the case, I'm glad I made the bread.
I agree. That's why it's so nice to find a cookbook where you can count on all the recipes to be good! (I'm not sure I've found that book yet, but I'm always looking).
- evil cake lady said...
I guess I like boring dense healthful bread because that loaf looks really good to me! But you're right, BCC, freshly sliced and slathered with sweet cream butter is pretty much the best way to enjoy bread like that. In Germany I figured out how to make grilled cheese sandwiches with bread like this and it required a whole lot of butter. Like, a whole lot.
Anyway, good for you for being adventurous!
So...next time you will skip the bread and make ludefisk?
Seriously, I LAUGHED SO HARD reading this, and it was at a moment when I needed a laugh. Thank you, Marie.
Laura NYC
- breadbasketcase said...
Oh, I like the idea of a grilled cheese with lots of butter and lots of cheese. I notice that we are both dairy girls.
Laura Lee,
You are welcome. Actually, I always find that it's much easier to write about projects that don't go quite as planned than the ones that turn out perfectly, especially when you add just a little bit of exaggeration (just for the sake of the story of course).
- Doughadear said...
Marie, you have been very busy, it seems that every time I check your blog there is something new. As always very amusing write up. I too will pass on the ludefisk but will gladly accept a piece of your bread with butter of course.
- breadbasketcase said...
I've been so busy baking that I have the equivalent of two loaves of bread in the freezer, so I didn't bake anything this weekend. Feast or famine....
- Goody said...
Thanks for the warning about that recipe. I've had the book for years and every so often would think it looked interesting, but I never did make it.
I live in a very small town in Nebraska where you can actually buy pre-cooked and frozen lutefisk at the corner market. I haven't been brave enough for that yet, though it does save that frightening step of the lye bath.
- breadbasketcase said...
I've had the book for years too, and I think I've only made one recipe--the "Cuban bread"--before. After I selected this recipe, I noticed that he had a few other Norwegian recipes, but I'm not sure that Norway is really known for the quality of its cuisine. (See the lutefisk comments). I don't actually understand why people still make lutefisk with the lye bath. Wasn't the whole point that lye was a preservative? And now that there are so many other less toxic means of preserving, why would you still use lye? I guess it must have something to do with tradition.
Let me know if you ever get brave enough for the frozen lutefisk!
I am a first generation Norwegian here in states and I can tell u n your bloggers that there is Nothing more delicious than fresh coarse bread from Norway with Delicious gjetost and butter. You don t know what delicious brød is if u haven't tasted that.
Actually, Norwegian fish (salmon is my favorite!), potatoes, white sauces, bread, cheese, and other dairy are delicious, as are wild berries and apples and other fruits. When I visited relatives there in 1977(!), we were driven to every house in the valley, and each one had arranged to feed us a different food. The ham and cheese souffle, waffle cookies, and homegrown apples were memorable.
However... the best recipe for lutefisk is a well-known one. Take a thin pine board, put the reconstituted lutefisk on it, add oil, salt, and pepper. Then throw away the fish and eat the board. ;-)


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Here we go, the gold medal game between Canada and Russia… two huge rivals. These are the teams that have been the best for decades. The Russians have stumbled as of late, but they look to be back. They had a tough win over Sweden in a shootout to get here, highlighted by some great goaltending by Dmitri Shikin. The Canadians dominated the Americans in their semi-final, and won 4-1 to get here today.
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The USA also will play Sweden, earlier this afternoon (1:30PM MST). Gotta root for the Swedes, as hard as it is to do after they chirped at Canada (calling the USA a harder team to play against than us, and saying that the refs call in our favor often).
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Our company provides baby clothes for parents who's sports interests are not at the forefront of sports marketing in America. Our goal is to provide very modern and cool designs for athletic parents' children. Currently our designs focus on Running however we are quickly expanding our line to target additional sports such as yoga, triathlons, soccer, tennis, etc etc. we must be able to manage these additions to our product line with the design of the site.
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The trio released their debut LP, Satan in Clothes, just a few weeks ago, and they played three songs from it: "A Certain Sacrifice," "Sinisterly" and "Morning Terrors." The band then sat down with Ashley to discuss their music, which they describe as "dark folk."
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David Haigh has today quit as managing director of Leeds United.
The 35-year-old resigned with immediate effect this afternoon, three days after the takeover of Leeds by Italian businessman Massimo Cellino.
Haigh, who helped to push through Gulf Finance House's purchase of Leeds from Ken Bates in December 2012, was due to become chief executive under Cellino for the rest of the season.
But divisions between the two led to a threat from Cellino to sack him last weekend and Haigh has confirmed that he is leaving Elland Road.
In a statement, Haigh said: "Owing to various statements made by and on behalf of the new majority owners of Leeds United FC, I am left with no alternative than to resign as Managing Director of the club.
"This is a matter of particular regret to me since I was the person who first introduced Eleonora Sport to the club's owners. I also gave them my full and constant support in the Football League's lengthy approval process.
"I am not yet, due to confidentiality obligations, in a position fully to respond to various statements which have been made about me over recent months. As soon as I am I will address the various issues – obviously a great deal has happened these past two years.
"As is well known by those in or close to the club, my unstinting support of Leeds United throughout my time at the club has extended to loaning the club money to ensure that tax, players and staff were paid and to underpin its continuing viability - Loans which to this day remain in the club.
"I also searched endlessly for suitable investors, whilst at the same time not taking any payment that was due. In addition to all this I had to deal with and manage what can only be described as the crazy situation of very limited support from those who should have supported the club and the management, whilst at the same time having little or no decision making ability. On occasions this resulted in my paying club running expenses on my personal cards and last minute dashes to wire personal money to the club to pay the HMRC.
"Notwithstanding, I did everything which was in my very limited power to take the club forward, to engage with the fans and the community and to keep the promises which were made to its great fans.
"I very much hope that the new owners will do the same and will deliver on the many promises and contractual commitments they have made to Leeds United, the players, the manager, the staff and fans and will run the club in the manner of the fit and proper owners they have been judged to be.
"I have arranged for Sport Capital to convert some of the loans made to the club into shares and once complete, those shares will be given to the fans, so it truly will be the fans' club.
"Leeds is a fantastic club in a fantastic city and I wish Elenora Sports, Brian McDermott, The players, staff and fans all the very best for the future."


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NCEM Composers Award 2010 with The Tallis Scholars
NCEM Composers Award 2010 - winner Owain Park at Chester Cathedral
NCEM Composers Award 2010 - winner Alexander Campkin at Chester Cathedral
L to R - Alexander Campkin, Peter Philips, Director of The Tallis Scholars and Owain Park
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Finalists of the 2010 NCEM Composers Award and the judges
Finalists of the 2010 NCEM Composers Award, the judges and The Ebor Singers
The winners of the NCEM Composers Award 2010 were Owain Park, aged 16 from Bristol in the 18 years and under category and Alexander Campkin, aged 25 from London in the 19 - 25 category.
Those who entered the Award were asked to compose a new a cappella (unaccompanied) piece for Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass which utilised the majestic ambiance of Chester Cathedral and the remarkable singing skills of The Tallis Scholars.
The winning pieces were performed by The Tallis Scholars during their concert in Chester Cathedral as part of the Chester Summer Music Festival on Wednesday 30 June 2010. BBC Radio 3 recorded this concert for broadcast on Sunday 11 July as part of the York Early Music Festival.
Sweet Day-Owain Park
O Magnum Mysterium- Alexander Campkin
Bleared Smeared Shod-Emma-Ruth Richards
Gloria a 5 - Mark Gotham
A Hymn to St Werburgh - Peter Foggitt
Thy Footsteps Are Not Known - Sarah Gait
The Light Of The Stars - Tom Harrold
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This article is going to list three overvalued and undervalued
TEs based off of their average draft position (ADP) data from
Antsports. The ADP's in this piece are based off drafts
conducted in 12-team leagues.
Tony Gonzalez,
Kansas City
Average Draft Position: 5:06
It's common to pick on the star player who is seeing a
change at QB and say that his numbers will drop as a result. One
might argue that in the case of one Tony G., Damon Huard found
him just fine last season when Trent Green had to miss half the
season. This is not so much about the change of QBs near as much
as it is about the jaw-dropping drop in offensive talent the Chiefs
have experienced over the past two seasons. Not having adequate
depth to replace an aging OT in Willie Roaf last season was one
thing, but to not have much behind G Will Shields is yet another.
(And while John Welbourn can fill the position, he cannot fill
the void Shields leaves behind. Also, if Welbourn moves inside,
who plays RT, Chris Terry?) Lastly, Damion McIntosh was brought
in to play LT and sprained his knee. He is out for the preseason,
meaning he will be behind the curve for at least the first month
of the regular season. His backup? Will Svitek. So what's
the point of discussing the o-line in a fantasy article about
the overvaluing of Gonzo? I seem to remember how much Gonzalez
struggled fantasy-wise two years ago when Roaf had to miss games
due to injury. Gonzalez was asked to block more often to make
up the difference – and that was with a offensive line that
was pretty solid at the time. Add in the holdout of Larry Johnson
and things are getting messy very quickly.
Gonzo is still one of the best TEs in the game, no doubt about
it. But gone are the days that he could carry a passing game all
by himself. Asking him to be fantasy's #2 TE with a new
QB, a conservative scheme, a rapidly eroding offensive line and
without Larry Johnson to take some of the focus off of him is
just asking too much. Give me Todd Heap a round later, Vernon
Davis two rounds later or Chris Cooley three rounds after Gonzo.
Winslow, Cleveland
Average Draft Position: 7:08
overrated TEs, three TEs with issues at QB…maybe there is
something to this whole notion that a receiver needs a quality
QB throwing him the ball. However, the difference between Winslow
and the first two players on this list is not his supporting cast
or his offensive line, but more that he is a perpetual injury
risk. The offensive line should be vastly improved, allowing Winslow
to run pass patterns almost at will. And Jamal Lewis represents
an upgrade over Reuben Droughns in the backfield. Lastly, whether
it was Derek Anderson or Charlie Frye under center last season,
Winslow was pretty consistent from a yardage standpoint, especially
for those owners who grabbed him in the 9-10 round area. So, much
like Donovan McNabb in my previous article, this pick may look
really bad at the end of the season if the recovery from each
of their injuries goes quicker than usual.
That said, players coming back from any kind of major surgery
(like Winslow's microfracture surgery) do not represent
great "value" to me unless he slips a round or two
past the rest of the players he is currently slotted with, which
apparently is not happening. I also do not like that he will be
at best the #2 option in the Browns offense behind Braylon Edwards
and tied with Joe Jurevicius, who will be healthy from the start
of the season this year – something he was not last season.
This is where the QB issue comes into play. All three of Cleveland's
QB may see significant action this season, which does nothing
for continuity. (It may mean just as many targets and completions,
but continuity generally leads to a better offense, which usually
means a higher-scoring offense.) And none of the QBs can be considered
all that accurate by NFL standards at this point. Right now, he
is coming off the board before a healthy Chris Cooley as well
as the three players listed in the "undervalued" section
below. Don't get me wrong, I had him on half of my teams
last year and enjoyed his contributions considering I drafted
him as a high-upside backup in most of my leagues. But there is
something about being placed on the PUP (Physically Unable to
Perform) list to start the preseason that makes me want to go
in a different direction for my starting TE this season.
Alge Crumpler,
Average Draft Position: 8:07
For all the barbs that fantasy owners throw at Michael Vick,
there is one other thing he could do most every week – besides
run all day – and that is find Crumpler. I think most would
agree that Joey Harrington is a more accurate QB than Vick, but
he hasn't actually shown a penchant for finding his TE in
the red zone all that often even though he has had some decent
to very good options to work with over his five-year career. Stephen
Alexander and Mikhael Ricks were at the very least average receiving
options in Detroit and Randy McMichael a pretty good option in
Miami – if not better than Crumpler. Either way, expecting
a repeat of Crumpler's 8-TD year from last season would
seem a bit foolish if defenses can sit back knowing they don't
have to respect a game-changer like Vick in the pocket. Include
a below average pass-blocking offensive line and the Falcons offense
this year will be tough to watch at times.
I have a ton of respect for the offensive mind of new HC Bobby
Petrino, but he took over this team with the idea he would be
working with Vick. The offensive line will struggle and the receiving
options outside of Crumpler are not good enough to scare defenses
out of the bracket coverage they will give the seven-year veteran
as they dare Harrington to beat them deep with an aging Joe Horn
and an inconsistent Roddy White. After defenses have had a chance
to familiarize themselves with Petrino once again (three years
with the Jaguars, one of which was as an OC in 2001), it is likely
that the only players that will benefit this season on Atlanta's
offense will be the running backs, who will get their fair share
of dump-off passes, and Michael Jenkins. In short, for Crumpler
to be going ahead of each of the players I have on my underrated
list is criminal. While he will still be a #1 TE option, he won't
finish #2 overall again this season.
Jason Witten,
Average Draft Position: 8:12
I think all of us felt a little burned by Witten last season.
After all, former HC Bill Parcells whipped out the inevitable
comparisons to Mark Bavaro. The fact of the matter was he basically
had the same year he did in 2005 minus the touchdowns (five fewer).
So why did that happen? No doubt Terrell Owens was responsible
for stealing some of Witten's red zone thunder as he scored
six of his 13 TDs from inside the 10. However, the biggest culprit
may have been Marion Barber III, who scored 15 of his 16 TDs from
inside 10 yards. Don't expect the latter to happen again
and as such, expect Witten to reclaim his rightful spot amongst
the second tier of TEs and not as a low #1 option like he was
last season.
Dallas had a pretty good offense last year, but the only player
who was a consistent yardage AND scoring threat on the team was
Owens. New OC Jason Garrett has worked with some of the league's
best offensive minds throughout his playing/coaching career, a
list that includes Norv Turner and Jon Gruden. As such, expect
a heavy emphasis on the running game and a short passing game
that moves the chains (Turner) along with using personnel and
a lot of motion to dictate mismatches (Gruden), something that
suits Witten well as he is a mismatch that Garrett has already
stated he wants to use all over the field. His current ADP has
him going at the end of the eighth or beginning of the ninth round.
Even if he just repeats 2005 (66 catches, 757 yards, 6 TDs), he
will more than match up with the owners who are grabbing Tony
Gonzalez 3-4 rounds earlier. He is only an Owens blow-up or a
Terry Glenn injury (both are 50-50 propositions) away from becoming
a real bargain pick.
Ben Watson,
New England
Average Draft Position: 10:03
I can understand Witten's slippage in drafts so far, but
Watson's confuses me. Give one of the best QBs in football
two excellent vertical threats to open up the middle of the field
and it should mean more open space for a very athletic TE. In
my opinion, it wouldn't matter if the Patriots signed Moss
and James Lofton in their prime, they would still go with a controlled,
spread-the-wealth passing game. About the only crime Watson committed
last year was that he was injured in Week 14 and missed the next
three games. Even with three fewer games than most of his fellow
TEs, Watson finished 10th in targets (91), eighth in yards (645)
and 12th in fantasy points (80.5). Even with some new toys on
offense, Watson is – in all likelihood – Brady's
most trusted receiver until further notice.
One should figure Randy Moss and Donte Stallworth will have safeties
fearful enough of the big play that Watson should be able to operate
pretty freely in the middle of the field. With secondary help
unlikely most of the time, this will leave Watson matched up with
a linebacker repeatedly and only a handful of the NFL's
linebackers can stay with Watson. In all likelihood, if Watson
stays healthy this season, he will set career highs across the
board. Also count on more than 54% (49 catches, 91 targets) of
Brady's passes to Watson will be caught by the TE this season.
I don't think he'll outperform Witten at season's
end, but I think he has a fair shot of knocking off Crumpler and
maybe even Gonzalez.
Randy McMichael,
St. Louis
Average Draft Position: 11:03
A signing that really went more under the radar than it should
have was McMichael going to St. Louis. In Miami, he experienced
almost yearly – if not monthly – turnover at QB. And
more than the turnover at the sole position responsible for getting
the TE the ball, the play-calling did not help either. However,
that is now in the past. In St. Louis, the wonderfully-gifted
McMichael goes from somewhat of a fantasy black hole to fantasy
nirvana. If you read my previous series "Offseason Movement",
I mentioned in the WR section there were three guidelines –
among others – that I use to figure whether or not a player
transitioning teams can excel on his new team. First, is he moving
from a running offense to a passing offense? Second, does the
team spread it around? Finally, is his new supporting cast better
and, in particular, is his QB more accurate? McMichael gets checks
on all three and here's another one: HC Scott Linehan spurred
McMichael to a near-career year in the lone season Linehan was
calling plays for Miami before he accepted the Rams head job in
2006. Lastly, the former Georgia standout is 28, meaning he should
be right in the middle of his athletic prime this year and next.
Critics will say that the 2007 Rams offense has TOO many weapons
and that McMichael will suffer as a result. I grant you that St.
Louis did not dole out close to $4 million/year to make sure the
6-3, 255-pound TE stayed in to block or serve as a decoy. In Miami,
McMichael sometimes served as the main option in the passing game
depending on which QB was playing that week and how well they
could hit Chris Chambers down the field. As a Ram, McMichael should
never see double coverage. In fact, there will be three other
players on the roster from last season who caught more balls than
he did as a Dolphin last season. Everybody will steal touches
from everybody else on this offense (for instance, Steven Jackson
will likely catch 50-60 balls – not 90 – and Isaac
Bruce will probably catch 60 balls – not 74. Those 40-50
catches will go somewhere – and while rookie RB Brian Leonard
will get some of them – I look for at least a 30-reception
increase from the TE position in St. Louis, meaning McMichael
could come close to matching or exceeding his 60-catch, five-score
year with Linehan in 2005. Considering he is going in the 11th
round, that is a steal!
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Prosecutors: Assault Rifle Seller Had No License
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man who did not have a license to buy and sell firearms is being accused of purchasing dozens of assault rifles at local stores, then illegally reselling them online at a profit.
The man has not been charged. But in documents filed Wednesday, federal prosecutors are seeking the forfeiture of 60 assault rifles that were seized from his residences in October.
Prosecutors say the man bought at least 81 assault rifles over three months, and re-sold 25 of them online.
While it's not illegal to sell an individual firearm, it is against the law to "engage in the business" of dealing guns without a federal firearms license.
Prosecutors say the investigation began in October, after Mills Fleet Farm told authorities the man had made repeated firearms purchases.


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Why are left-wing anti-fascists Psychopaths?
Amazing new revelation – 99.8% of left-wing sickos are 'Psychos'
First a bit of terminological history, to clear up any confusion about the meanings of "sociopath," "psychopath," and "left-wing sicko" related terms.
In the early 1800s, doctors who worked with mental patients began to notice that some of their patients who appeared outwardly normal had what they termed a "moral depravity" or "moral insanity," in that they seemed to possess no sense of ethics or the rights of freedom of speech of other people and they all predominantly held left-wing views.
The term "psychopath" was first applied to these people around 1900, and the term "left-wing sicko" came into existence with the emergence of the anti-fascist movements and organisations.
The term "left-wing sicko" is used today more so by the more sane and logical thinking Nationalist opponents of the left-wing sickos and the left-wing politically correct perverts in whatever form the sickos have latched on to and identify themselves as being at the time, usually this is within anti-fascist movements or some other weird movement trying to present some kind of moral meaning for it's existence and to try to convince vulnerable people that if they join these movements "you will be a good person and feel good about yourself".
This usually entails the left-wing sickos trying to lay claim to some form of moral sounding foundation and making out that they are 'standing up' for a minority or some other 'victim' of nasty white people, and without even asking that particular minority they say they 'stand up' for if they actually want these left-wing sickos patronising them the way they obviously do.
This is nothing more than the left-wing so called anti-fascists using minorities as a 'tool' for their own particular left-wing political agenda and trying to force their own will by intimidation, manipulation and bullying using political correctness as a buzz word to enforce their ideology.
Quite simply, this is blatant left-wing fascism and racism in its full projection.
The left-wing then project their own hatred and racism from themselves onto others who do not happen to agree with left-wing anti-fascist Marxist politically correct fascist communist ideology.
The left-wing then call anybody who disagrees with them 'racists' and 'fascists' – but obviously the fascism and racism is fully apparent within the anti-fascists themselves.
The term psychopath was changed to "sociopath" in the 1930s to emphasize the damage they do to society.
Currently researchers have returned to using the term "psychopath" and the normal layman is now using the term "left-wing sicko"
Characteristics of a Marxist left-wing anti-fascist politically correct sicko
Some of us use the term "sicko" to refer to a more serious disorder, linked to genetic traits, producing more dangerous individuals, while continuing to use "sociopath" to refer to less dangerous people who are seen more as products of their environment, including their upbringing, which is still really very appropriate for descriptive terms concerning the left-wing anti-fascist Marxist sicko.
Other researchers make a distinction between "primary psychopaths," who are thought to be genetically caused, and "secondary psychopaths," seen as more a product of their environments, but again, all very appropriate for the left-wing brainwashed politically correct anti-fascist sickos.
The current approach to defining sociopathy and the related concepts is to use a list of criteria. The first such list was developed by Hervey Cleckley (1941), who is known as the first person to describe the condition in detail. Anyone fitting enough of these criteria counts as a psychopath or sociopath. There are several such lists in use.
The most commonly used is called the Psychopathy Checklist Revised (PCL-R), developed by Robert Hare and his colleagues. An alternative version was developed in 1996 by Lilienfeld and Andrews, called the Psychopathic Personality Inventory (PPI).
The book that psychologists and psychiatrists use to categorize and diagnose mental illness, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, (DSM IV) contains a category for something called "antisocial personality disorder" (APD), while the World Health Organization delineates a similar category it calls "dissocial personality disorder."
These are much broader categories than that of psychopathy. The category of psychopath is seen as included within this category but considerably smaller so that only roughly 1 in 5 people with APD is a psychopath, but it is widely suspected that up to 99.8% of left-wing anti-fascists are psychopathic sickos.
If we overlay all of these lists of criteria, we can see them coalescing into the following core set:
Most common traits of a Marxist left-wing anti-fascist politically correct sicko
The PCL describes psychopaths as being callous and showing a lack of empathy, traits which the PPI describes as "coldheartedness."
The criteria for dissocial personality disorder include a "callous unconcern for the feelings of others." There are now several lines of evidence that point to the biological grounding for the uncaring nature of the psychopath. For us, caring is a largely emotion-driven enterprise.
The brains of psycopaths have been found to have weak connections among the components of the brain's emotional systems. These disconnects are responsible for the psychopath's inability to feel emotions deeply. Psychopaths are also not good at detecting fear in the faces of other people (Blair et al., 2004).
The emotion of disgust also plays an important role on our ethical sense. We find certain types of unethical actions disgusting, and this work to keep us from engaging in them and makes us express disapproval of them. But psychopaths have extremely high thresholds for disgust, as measured by their reactions when shown disgusting photos of mutilated faces and when exposed to foul odors.
One promising new line of research is based on the recent discovery of a brain network responsible for understanding the minds of others. Called the default mode network (because it also performs other tasks and is operating most of the time when we are awake) it involves a cluster of several different areas in the brain's cortex.
The first studies have been done on function of this network in psychopaths and as expected there are problems there. Different studies have noted "aberrant functional connectivity" among the parts of the network, along with reduced volume in some of the networks crucial areas.
Shallow emotions
Psychopaths, and to a degree, sociopaths, show a lack of emotion, especially the social emotions, such as shame, guilt, and embarrassment. Cleckley said that the psychopaths he came into contact with showed a "general poverty in major affective reactions," and a "lack of remorse or shame."
The PCL describes psychopaths as "emotionally shallow" and showing a lack of guilt. Psychopaths are notorious for their lack of fear.
When normal people are put into an experimental situation where they anticipate that something painful will happen, such as a mild electric shock, or a mildly aversive pressure applied to a limb, a brain network activates.
Normal people will also show a clear skin conductance response produced by sweat gland activity. In psychopathic subjects, however, this brain network showed no activity and no skin conductance responses were emitted (Birbaumer et al., 2012).
According to Cleckley psychopaths show unreliability, while the PCL mentions "irresponsibility" and the PPI describes psychopaths as showing "blame externalization," i.e. they blame others for events that are actually their fault.
They may admit blame when forced into a corner, but these admissions are not accompanied by a sense of shame or remorse, and they have no power to change the sociopath's future behavior.
Insincere speech
Ranging from what the PCL describes as "glibness" and "superficial charm" to Cleckley's "untruthfulness" and "insincerity," to outright "pathological lying," there is a trend toward devaluing speech among psychopaths by inflating and distorting it toward selfish ends.
The criteria for APD include "conning others for personal profit or pleasure."
One concerned father of a young sociopathic woman said, "I can't understand the girl, no matter how hard I try. "It's not that she seems bad or exactly that she means to do wrong.
She can lie with the straightest face, and after she's found in the most outlandish lies she still seems perfectly easy in her own mind"
This casual use of words may be attributable to what some researchers call a shallow sense of word meaning. Psychopaths do not show a differential brain response to emotional terms over neutral terms that normal people do (Williamson et al., 1991). They also have trouble understanding metaphors and abstract words.
The PCL describes sociopaths as possessing a "grandiose sense of self worth." Cleckley speaks frequently of the boastfulness of his patients. Hare (1993) describes an imprisoned sociopath who believed he was a world class swimmer.
Narrowing of attention
According to Newman and his colleagues the core deficit in psychopathy is a failure of what they call response modulation (Hiatt and Newman, 2006). When normal people engage in a task we are able to alter our activity, or modulate our responses, depending on relevant peripheral information that appears after the task has begun.
Psychopaths are specifically deficient in this ability, and according to Newman, this explains the impulsivity of psychopaths, a trait which shows up in several of the lists of criteria, as well as their problems with passive avoidance and with processing emotions.
Top-down attention tends to be under voluntary control, whereas bottom-up attention happens involuntarily. But bottom-up attention can temporarily capture top-down attention, as when movement in the periphery of our visual field attracts our attention.
Psychopaths have trouble using top-down attention to accomodate information that activates bottom-up attention during a task. In normal people, this process tends to happen automatically.
When the hunter is scanning for deer, a rabbit hopping into the periphery of his visual field automatically attracts his attention. Top-down attentional processes monitor the field of attention for conflicts and resolve them. The standard task for assessing this is called the Stroop task, in which the subject must state which color words are printed in.
The problem is that the words themselves are conflicting color words, such as "red" printed in blue ink, so the subjects must suppress a strong inclination to read the words.
There are now several studies indicating that psychopaths actually perform better than normal people on these tasks perhaps because they are not distracted by the discrepant color (Hiatt et al., 2004; Newman et al., 1997).
Cleckley spoke of his psychopaths showing a "pathologic egocentricity [and incapacity forlove]," which is affirmed in the PPI by its inclusion of egocentricity among its criteria. The PCL also mentions a "parasitic lifestyle."
Inability to plan for the future
Cleckley said that his psychopaths showed a "failure to follow any life plan." According to the PCL, psychopaths have a "lack of realistic long-term goals," while the PPI describes them as showing a "carefree nonplanness."
The criteria for dissocial personality include, a "very low tolerance to frustration and a low threshold for discharge of aggression, including violence."
The criteria for antisocial personality disorder include, "irritability and aggressiveness, as indicated by repeated physical fights or assaults."
Philosophers can play a valuable role here in discerning the consequences of all of these findings for our attempts to build an ethical society.
Several questions need addressing.
What does the possibility that psychopathy is genetic say about human nature? What steps can we take to "correct" psychopaths and which of these is the most ethical?
If it is true that psychopaths have damaged or abnormal brains, can we hold them responsible for what they do? Are there degrees of psychopathy, so that normal people may possess psychopathic traits?


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Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale in the South of France
Gwen Stefani Stays Glam as Gavin Rossdale Goes Shirtless
Gwen Stefani Stays Glam as Gavin Rossdale Goes Shirtless
Gwen Stefani put her toned physique on display in a bikini while lounging on a boat in the South of France with her husband, Gavin Rossdale, and sons, Kingston and Zuma, last week. Gwen and her boys even jumped in the water to cool down after soaking in the sun on the boat. Along with the fun on the water, Gwen and Gavin fit in a beach day with their boys during their tropical French vacation. Gwen stayed covered up in a colorful caftan and relaxed with a book while her boys took to the water.
Gwen and Gavin have been enjoying some downtime from their music careers and took their little ones to the Woburn Safari Park in England earlier this month. They went zip-lining through the trees and got to greet a monkey that pounced on their car as they did some sightseeing. The family headed to France from their London home base for some rest and relaxation after Gavin wrapped up a Summer tour with his band, Bush. Between their days on the beach, the couple also met up with Bono and his wife, Ali Hewson, to check out an exhibition at the Maeght Foundation in Saint-Paul-de-Vence.


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Ayear and a half ago, Longmont's Christine Jennings was lying on a beach in Rio de Janeiro with a horrific leg injury.
The open water swimmer had been running to the finish line as part of a race that alternated between swimming and running when she felt her right leg buckle beneath her. She had hyperextended her knee on the uneven sand, and looked down to see her knee and calf twisting in opposite directions.
Now, Jennings is back on top, having won the U.S. open water national championship 10K race last weekend in Los Angeles in two hours, two minutes and 14.336 seconds, which earned the 26-year-old a berth to the world championships this summer in Barcelona, Spain.
It's a comeback that astounds Jennings father, Stephen Jennings.
"I don't think I could've done what she did," he said. "For her to come back this far and win a national title, I would applaud any athlete that can do that."
He said he could hardly stand to watch the race because he was so nervous but forced himself to watch with 400 meters to go. When Stephen Jennings saw his daughter about a body length in front of the pack, he knew she could win it.
Stephen Jennings isn't alone in feeling nervous while watching open water swimming, where athletes battle for position by kicking, slapping and scratching each other, all while drafting and strategizing moves like when to pass, when to take their water and food breaks. Christine Jennings' coach, Grant Holicky, said it's more like a cycling peloton than pool swimming, all while dealing with heat exhaustion, often polluted water and even hypothermia.
But Christine Jennings thrives on the fierce competition and intense strategy. She's not built like a swimmer -- she's not exceedingly tall or long, Holicky said -- but she's tough.
"(In open water swimming) you have to battle the elements, you battle other people," Jennings said. "Anything can go wrong and you have to respond to it appropriately. You have to have patience, and nothing is ever going to work the way you think it's going to work. A lot of people struggle with open water because they have to give up that control, and my favorite part is the strategizing and constant changing of game plans in your head."
A strong start
The Jennings family moved to Longmont in 2003, and Jennings started school as a junior at Niwot High. She graduated in 2005 and went on to swim Division 1 for the University of Minnesota, where she earned All-America honors in the 500 free and 800 free relay, and helped Minnesota with the 2008 Big Ten title.
Jennings tried open water swimming for the first time when she was 13, and then tried again in 2007 just to see how well she could do. There's no time to beat, no lanes, no pressure, Jennings said. She can swim however she wants, and there's no set definition of "the perfect swim" in open water swimming.
She's had her share of successes in the sport, including a gold medal at the 2010 Pan Pacific championships and top-five finishes at 2010 and 2011 U.S. nationals, but she's also dealt with a string of setbacks. She watched her friend and fellow open water swimmer Fran Crippen, a medal-winning U.S. national team member, die in the water at a 2010 race in the United Arab Emirates. The water was 86 degrees that day, and Jennings and other swimmers at the race suffered heat exhaustion. Jennings was so dehydrated that after the race, she went through two IV bags at the hospital to feel normal again. Crippen had likely passed out due to the extreme conditions that day.
Not only did she partly blame herself for not noticing when Crippen went under, she kept thinking, it could've been me, she said. Emotionally, Jennings said she was wrecked after Crippen's death, and would find herself hyperventilating before races for months after.
'Setback after setback'
Throughout her career on the world cup circuit, Jennings dealt with various illnesses, probably from swimming in polluted water across the world.
Then she injured her knee on the beach in Rio de Janeiro in late 2011. When she got off crutches 10 weeks later, she had three months to prepare for the London Olympic qualifiers -- not nearly enough time. Her Olympic hopes were dashed again -- she'd tried to qualify for Athens, at age 17, and Beijing.
She'd moved to Southern California to train with prolific swimming coach Bill Rose. But their styles didn't mesh, and a year ago, Jennings left California feeling discouraged and exhausted, both mentally and physically.
"It was just setback after setback," Jennings remembered.
So she moved back in with her parents in Longmont and began training again with former professional triathlete Grant Holicky, of Apex Coaching.
Working with Holicky has helped her work through some of the uncertainty that followed her injury. The two just click, Jennings said. Holicky is consistently positive and upbeat, and the two collaborate on her training schedule based on how she feels.
"Christine and I have this relationship where her training is a group effort," Holicky said. "We sit down and look at it and plan out what we're going to do together. Sometimes I tell her she's crazy. Sometimes she tells me I'm crazy, but it's made for a good relationship and a great deal of trust."
Jennings often works out with young kids or the RACE team at Rallysport Health and Fitness, which reminds Jennings to watch how she reacts to adversity in her life. Impressionable people are watching, she said.
But what's pulled Jennings through everything, though, is her faith, she said. Though her parents Stephen and Gail Jennings raised her in a faith-based community, Stephen Jennings said it was Christine who ran with her belief in God and made it part of who she is as an athlete.
She talks to God constantly, before, during and after races, she says.
"I feel like God has been my support in everything," she said. " God's been my best friend through it all."
In late July, Jennings will head to Barcelona for the world championships. But after all the setbacks she faced, one of Jennings' favorite Bible verses reminds her not to worry too much about the future just yet.
"The Bible says let tomorrow worry about itself," she said.
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One of these days veteran guard Chauncey Billups will be sound enough to return to the Clippers' starting lineup and Willie Green will take a seat on the bench. If all goes as planned, Billups will play significant minutes and Green will be a cheerleader.
Green won't say a word in anger. He won't complain about his reduced role.
That's simply not his method of operation.
"We all have to do our parts," Green said before scoring nine points Thursday in the Clippers' 106-77 beat-down of the Boston Celtics when asked about the inevitable move from starter to backup when Billups recovers from ankle tendinitis. "Great teams become great because everybody knows their role."
Green was something of a surprise choice to fill in for Billups, who suffered a season-ending Achilles tendon tear last February and didn't make his 2012-13 debut until Nov. 28. Billups started three games and Green didn't play a minute in any of them.
When tendinitis flared in his ankle, Billups returned to the sideline and Green became a starter again. Green's production isn't what the Clippers expect to get from a healthy Billups, but somehow he and the team have made it work en route to a league-leading 22-6 record going into Thursday.
"There is something special going on here and we all have to do our parts," said Green, who went into Thursday's game averaging only 5.9 points and 1.5 rebounds. "There's still a lot of room for improvement. It's still early in the season."
There's no timetable for Billups' return to the active roster, which means Green will continue in his role for the immediate future. Green has played with damaged knee cartilage, something Clippers coach Vinny Del Negro takes into account when assessing the veteran guard's production.
"Willie's a pro," Del Negro said. "He's solid on the court and off the court and in the locker room. He gives us what he can. I think that's one of the reasons we wanted him (in a trade last July 30 from the Atlanta Hawks). No one knows when Chauncey's going to be back."
So, Green has the job until Billups does return to the lineup.


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Pan Mee – Malaysian dish with hand-torn noodles in a rich anchovy broth and topped with ground pork, veggie and crispy anchovies.
Pan Mee (板面) is a popular Hakka noodle dish in Malaysia, especially in central and southern part of Malaysia where most Hakka people reside.
Hakka Pan Mee is made with a simple flour-based dough, with anchovy broth, and topped with crispy fried anchovies, ground pork, shiitake mushrooms, and some vegetables.
Pan Mee is also known as Mee Hoon Kuih (面粉糕), which is commonly prepared at home.
I will be honest, before I develop this Pan Mee recipe here, I have had Pan Mee once.
Yes, once, some twenty years ago while I was visiting Kuala Lumpur. While I was growing up in Penang, Pan Mee was never sold in the hawker centers or street food stalls, so it has never been in my culinary dictionary.
Anyway, what prompted me to develop a recipe for Pan Mee?
Well, it all started with a HUGE bunch of mani cai (马尼菜), or cekur manis/sayur manis in Malay.
Mani cai, my favorite vegetable and a key ingredient of Pan Mee, is not available in the United States.
The vegetable is not grown here and thus it's one of those things that I could never get in the US.
My friend Eddie grows his own plant, and gave me a big batch of his harvest.
I promised him I would make Pan Mee.
I reached out to my friend Anna and she taught me how to make pan mee.
It was a success and Anna, who used to live in Pan Mee paradise of KL, gave me her thumbs up.
I invited a couple friends over to my house to taste my Pan Mee and they all gave me their rave reviews.
I, for one, who have never been a fan of Pan Mee, is now a converted fan.
I finally understand why so many people love Pan Mee.
It is a Hakka comfort food in a bowl—nothing flashy or glamorous about this dish, but it is tasty and very satisfying.
If you are of Hakka descent and far away from Malaysia, I hope my Pan Mee recipe could bring the tastes of home to wherever you are.
Happy cooking!
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What is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)?
COPD is a lung disease that makes it hard to breathe. It is caused by damage to the lungs over many years, usually from smoking.
COPD is often a mix of two diseases:
COPD gets worse over time. You can't undo the damage to your lungs. But you can take steps to prevent more damage and to feel better.
What causes COPD?
COPD is almost always caused by smoking. Over time, breathing tobacco smoke irritates the airways and destroys the stretchy fibers in the lungs.
Other things that may put you at risk include breathing chemical fumes, dust, or air pollution over a long period of time. Secondhand smoke is also bad.
It usually takes many years for the lung damage to start causing symptoms, so COPD is most common in people who are older than 60.
You may be more likely to get COPD if you had a lot of serious lung infections when you were a child. People who get emphysema in their 30s or 40s may have a disorder that runs in families, called alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, but this is rare.
What are the symptoms?
The main symptoms are:
As COPD gets worse, you may be short of breath even when you do simple things like get dressed or fix a meal. It gets harder to eat or exercise, and breathing takes much more energy. People often lose weight and get weaker.
At times, your symptoms may suddenly flare up and get much worse. This is called a COPD exacerbation (say "egg-ZASS-er-BAY-shun"). An exacerbation can range from mild to life-threatening. The longer you have COPD, the more severe these flare-ups will be.
How is COPD diagnosed?
To find out if you have COPD, a doctor will:
The only way to slow COPD is to quit smoking. This is the most important thing you can do. It is never too late to quit. No matter how long you have smoked or how serious your COPD is, quitting smoking can help stop the damage to your lungs.
It's hard to quit smoking. Talk to your doctor about treatments that can help. You will double your chances of quitting even if medicine is the only treatment you use to quit, but your odds get even better when you combine medicine and other quit strategies, such as counseling.1 To learn more about how to quit, go to www.smokefree.gov, or call 1-800-QUITNOW (1-800-784-8669).
Your doctor can prescribe treatments that may help you manage your symptoms and feel better.
People who have COPD are more likely to get lung infections, so you will need to get a flu vaccine every year. You should also get a pneumococcal shot. It may not keep you from getting pneumonia. But if you do get pneumonia, you probably will not be as sick.
There are many things you can do at home to stay as healthy as you can.
What else should you think about?
Flare-ups: As COPD gets worse, you may have flare-ups when your symptoms quickly get worse and stay worse. It is important to know what to do if this happens. Your doctor can prescribe medicines to help. But if the attack is severe, you may need to go to the emergency room or call 911.
This information is not intended to replace the advice of a doctor. Healthwise disclaims any liability for the decisions you make based on this information.
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COPD stands for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It refers to two long-term lung diseases -- chronic bronchitis and emphysema -- that often occur together. COPD makes it difficult for you to breathe. There is no cure for COPD, but you can take steps to manage the disease.
If you or someone you love has been diagnosed with COPD, you probably have many questions. Here are answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about living with COPD, its symptoms, treatment, and causes.
1. What happens to my lungs if I have COPD?
Tubes, called airways, carry air in and out of your lungs. If you have COPD, these airways may become partially blocked from swelling or mucus. This makes it more difficult to breathe.
At the end of the airways are many tiny balloon-like air sacs, which inflate and deflate when you breathe in and out. With COPD, these air sacs lose their elasticity. This can lead to the collapse of small airways and also make it more difficult for you to breathe.
2. What causes COPD?
Cigarette smoking is the most common cause of COPD. Being around secondhand smoke -- from others who smoke -- also plays a role in an individual developing COPD.
Other causes of COPD include long-term exposure to other irritants, such as:
In rare cases, genes may play a role in COPD. People who lack a protein called alpha 1 antitrypsin may be more likely to develop the disease. Without the protein, their lungs are more vulnerable to developing COPD. If they are smokers, their disease tends to progress more quickly.
3. What are the signs and symptoms of COPD?
These are the most common COPD symptoms:
4. How is COPD diagnosed?
To diagnose COPD, your doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history, do a physical exam, and conduct breathing tests.
The most common breathing test used to confirm a diagnosis of COPD is spirometry. This easy, painless test involves breathing into a large hose connected to a machine, called a spirometer. The spirometer measures how much air your lungs can hold and how fast you can blow air out of your lungs.
Your doctor may suggest additional tests to rule out other lung problems, such as asthma or heart failure, or to plan treatment. These may include other lung function tests, a chest X-ray, or a test to measure the level of oxygen in your blood.
Things that increase your risk for COPD include those you can control, such as smoking, and others that you cannot control, such as a family history of COPD.
Risks you can control
Tobacco smoking is the most important risk factor for COPD. Compared to smoking, other risks are minor.
See a graph on how smoking affects the ability to breathe.
For more information, see the topic Quitting Smoking.
Risks you can partially control
Risks you can't control
Further Reading:
Although COPD cannot be cured, it can be managed. The goals of treatment are to:
Many people are able to manage their COPD well enough to take part in their usual daily activities, hobbies, and family events.
Initial treatment
At first, treatment for COPD helps you breathe better and slow the disease. Much of the treatment includes things you do for yourself:
Avoid triggers. Stay away from things that can trigger a flare-up, including indoor and outdoor air pollution, cold dry air, hot humid air, and high altitudes.
Learn how to breathe. Learn ways to breathe that improve airflow in and out of your lungs. Learn ways to clear your lungs to save energy and oxygen.
Rest often. Take rest breaks during household chores and other activities. Talk to an occupational or physical therapist about finding ways to do everyday activities with less effort.
Oxygen treatment
Oxygen treatment is mainly used to prevent right-sided heart failure or keep it from getting worse.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The nationally-ranked No. 13 MIT men's volleyball team extended its home winning streak to 17 following a 25-22, 25-23, 25-16 victory over No. 10 Rivier College on Tuesday night. David Thomas powered the Engineers (26-6) with 15 kills, four blocks, and three digs while Jared Andreozzi led the Raiders (24-8) with nine kills and an ace.
Rivier maintained a slight edge throughout the first set as a 13-10 lead resulted in a timeout by MIT. The Engineers managed to even the frame at 15, but kills from John Furka and Sam Kazlas paired with a block by Kazlas and Aaron Almario gave the Raiders some breathing room. MIT responded with an 8-2 run to go ahead at 23-20 before an exchange of points closed out the game.
The Cardinal and Gray inched out to a 9-5 advantage in the second stanza; however, Rivier battled back and went up 15-14 on an MIT hitting error. The Engineers picked up six of the next eight points to reclaim the lead, but the Raiders later tied the set at 23 courtesy of a Taylor Lindner kill and a hitting miscue. MIT thwarted Rivier's attempt to generate a late rally by capturing the next two points for the victory.
The early stages of the final set were closely played as it featured six ties, the last at 12-all. The Engineers rattled off four consecutive points which prompted a timeout by the Raiders. Following the break, each side picked up a point while a serving error brought the visitors within three (17-14). This was as close as it would get as a Thomas hit through a triple block ignited an 8-2 spurt which sealed the match.
Ken Siebert tallied 10 kills, five digs, and three aces as Garrett Winther added five kills and two blocks for the Engineers. Tim Lee totaled 30 assists and three blocks while Jeremy Velazquez collected seven digs.
Steve Visentin dished out 18 assists for the Raiders while Chris Convertito racked up 12 digs. Almario finished with a match-high five blocks.
MIT returns to action on Wednesday, March 16 when it hosts North East Collegiate Volleyball Association (NECVA) New England Division foe Regis College. Rivier takes the court the next day against Sacred Heart University.


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