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.
COPD. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the name for a collection of lung diseases, including chronic bronchitis, emphysema and chronic obstructive airways disease. People with COPD have trouble breathing in and out, due to long-term damage to the lungs, usually because of smoking.