Photo: Flying Colours Ltd/Getty Images If the centerpiece of your Thanksgiving dinner has always been a majestic stuffed bird, then it might be time to turn toward more sustainable options — like vegetarian entrees, stunning squash, rich pastas, and juicy sustainable salmon. And if your family isn’t quite ready to give up the turkey entirely, then choose an ethical bird…or shoot your own.
Continue reading …COPD can’t be cured, but there are steps you can take to improve symptoms, prevent complications such as pneumonia, and improve your quality of life. People with COPD can make changes to their lifestyle to vastly improve how they feel and function each day.
Continue reading …When you have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, shortness of breath may be a daily and unwelcome fact of life. Here are breathing exercises that may help.
Continue reading …Many homes harbor dust, fumes, germs, and other irritants that aggravate COPD symptoms like wheezing, coughing, shortness of breath, and chest tightness.
Continue reading …If you have COPD, your calorie requirements may be higher than you think. A person with COPD can burn 10 times as many calories breathing as a healthy person. Here are 11 feel-better foods and beverages that are rich in calories and nutrients.
Continue reading …Doubling the dose of the anticlotting drug Plavix does not reduce heart attacks or deaths in certain high-risk people, researchers report.
Continue reading …COPD symptoms can interfere with sex. But you don’t have to say goodbye to intimacy. Here are nine helpful strategies for sex and intimacy when you have COPD.
Continue reading …Photo: thewritingzone , Flickr, CC Yes, the climate bill is dead . No, we’re probably not going to see any meaningful legislation to address carbon pollution for years to come. But climate change is still occurring. Which means that if we’re going to head off the worst case scenarios, we’re going to have to find another route outside of Congress . So now that we’ve collectiv… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …The new House map of the United States (h/t Iowahawk): You can drive coast-to-coast and border-to-border without ever entering a Dem district.
Continue reading …An accent of mushrooms merged with sweet notes of honey are the initial findings from a sampling of what’s been billed as the world’s oldest champagne, salvaged from a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea. (Nov. 17)
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