Dr. Make said that about one out of three emphysema patients qualifies for the federal study.

By 2005, she was an emphysema patient and had acute episodes of bronchitis.

They mention an emphysema patient who was admitted to a hospital three times in 36 days.

And so the relief reported to us by cannabis smoking emphysema patients was confirmed.

Seventy percent of the nation's estimated two million emphysema patients have upper lobe damage.

He was gasping for breath like an emphysema patient.

But he cautioned that too much oxygen could sometimes be harmful, and in emphysema patients has led to death.

"The potential is that many emphysema patients will benefit."

A similar approach might be used in emphysema patients to limit the extent of lung injury.

Studies suggested this might form a promising treatment in human emphysema patients.