Chicago Kicks off November as 'Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness Month' with Press Conference, Citywide Testing Program

U.S. Newswire, November, 2003

News Advisory:

WHAT: Chicago Kicks off November as "COPD AWARENESS MONTH" with Press Conference and citywide testing program. Nation's fourth leading killer is relatively unknown.

WHO: Health officials from the City of Chicago, the University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago and American Lung Association.

WHEN: Press conference 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 5 at City Hall

WHERE: Press Room, 2nd Floor, City Hall, 121 N. LaSalle St.

WHY: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States; the only disease of the top five that is increasing. Many people are unfamiliar with it; less than half of the 24 million Americans living with COPD recognize that their lingering cough or shortness of breath...

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