31.   They appeared healthy but their lung function tests showed early signs of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

32.   Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease causes gradual, irreversible damage to the lungs, and encompasses such diseases as emphysema and chronic bronchitis.

33.   Chang died of pulmonary disease on Saturday morning, according to several Chinese-language newspapers in Hong Kong.

34.   Doctors had hypothesized that inhaled steroids widely used for asthma might slow progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by reducing airway inflammation.

35.   Dr. Paul Loehnen, a pulmonary disease specialist in Missoula, said people should use common sense in deciding when to go outdoors.

36.   He moved to California to practice internal medicine, specializing in pulmonary disease.

37.   It can cause chronic abstractive pulmonary disease, chronic bronchitis, asthma bronciole and acute respiratory infection.

38.   Smoking also has been linked to death from heart and pulmonary disease.

39.   The hospital has a study in progress looking at the effects of acupuncture on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in horses.

40.   The plaintiffs said the industry-funded screening program could lead to the early detection of lung cancer, emphysema and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.