WELCOME TO THE CANCOLD STUDY

“Compared to other major causes of death in Canada such as cancer and heart attacks [...], awareness of COPD remains far too low” (Canadian Lung Association)

In March 2009, following this powerfull statement, the CanCOLD Study embarked on an ambitious project in health research to identify the common factors that contribute to the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and it progression by following its development over a long period of time in a large group (cohort) of participants across Canada.

DID YOU KNOW IT?

H1N1: COPD patients should receive the vaccine:
YES, YES, YES
Is the vaccine safe? Should I get the vaccine?
Where can I get the vaccine? Am I in one of the
priority groups? These are just some of the
questions you may be asking.
To learn more click here.

Rightly considered as “the Alzheimer disease of
the lung”, what means a chronic disease that we
can learn to live with but that can not be cured, the
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
is becoming the third leading cause of premature
death and disability right after cardiovascular
diseases and cancers.