It's in that spirit that we reassessed our list of the 25 most head-turning college campuses in the country, in the process switching out some otherwise deserving notables (sorry Columbia) for some even better looking, heretofore overlooked gems.
The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) defines COPD as follows: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common, preventable, and treatable disease that is characterized by persistent respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation that is due to airway and/or alveolar abnormalities usually caused by significant exposure to noxious particles or gases.
What kind of results do you get with the QuantiFERONÂ®-TB Gold test? Most times, the QuantiFERONÂ®-TB Gold test gives a positive or negative result. The positive result means you are infected with TB, and the negative result usually means you are not infected with TB. Sometimes, the result will not be either positive or negative.