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COPD: Learning to Breathe Easier

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is a lung disease that makes it hard to breathe. COPD gets worse over time. You can't undo the damage to your lungs. But you can take steps to breathe easier and feel better. If you have severe COPD, you may find that you take quick, small, shallow breaths. It's...

COPD: Lung Volume Reduction Surgery

COPD: Using Exercise to Feel Better

Covers ways to exercise and stay active with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Explains that exercise makes muscles and heart stronger and may improve shortness of breath. Includes warning to talk to your doctor before starting exercise.

Coping Strategies to Avoid Harming a Baby

Coping When Your Child Is Near the End of Life

Coping With Changing Sleep Patterns as You Get Older

Coping With Cravings When You're Quitting Smoking

Learn ways to deal with cravings when you're trying to quit.

Coping With Money Problems During the Pandemic

Learn some tips for helping to manage money problems.

Coping With Osteoarthritis

When you find out that you have osteoarthritis, you may be scared and worried about how it may change your life, work, and relationships. It's hard to know how fast your arthritis may progress. Your symptoms may come and go, stay the same, or get worse over time. Some days you may feel fine and be able to do the things...

Copperhead

The copperhead is a poisonous (venomous) pit viper found in areas extending from the eastern United States to Texas. Copperheads may leave distinctive double marks on the skin. They leave one, two, or three puncture marks on the skin, but you won't always see any marks. A copperhead has: Hourglass-shaped...

Copperhead Snake

Cor Pulmonale

Coral Snake

Coral Snake

Coral snakes are found in tropical regions of North America and are often confused with nonpoisonous (nonvenomous) milk snakes because they look similar. A coral snake can be up to 3 ft (1 m) long and has: Red, yellow, and black bands along the length of the body. Round pupils and a black nose...

Core Needle Biopsy of the Breast

Core Needle Lymph Node Biopsy

Core stabilization

Cornea

Cornea, Lens, and Iris

Corneal Ring Implants for Nearsightedness

Corneal ring implants are clear pieces of plastic that can be surgically implanted into the clear, dome-shaped bulge at the front of the eye called the cornea. The implants flatten the cornea and reduce nearsightedness. The implants are shaped like crescents or half-circles. After you get local anesthesia, two implants...

Corns

Coronary angioplasty

Coronary arteries

Coronary Arteries and Heart Function

The coronary arteries deliver blood to the heart muscle, providing a continuous supply of oxygen and nutrients needed for it to stay healthy and function normally. Supply and demand The coronary arteries regulate the supply of blood to your heart muscle depending on how much oxygen your heart needs at the time, as...

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: How It Is Done

During coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, your surgeon will use a healthy blood vessel from another part of your body to create an alternate route, or bypass, around narrowed or blocked sections of your coronary arteries. This bypass surgery allows more blood to reach your heart muscle. Your medical team...

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: How to Prepare

How do you prepare for CABG surgery? There are many things that you can and must do in the days and weeks before your coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Your surgeon will give you specific instructions on how to prepare for your CABG surgery. CABG surgery is an invasive procedure that has a fairly long...

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: Recovering in the Hospital

You will recover in the hospital after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery until your doctors feel it is safe for you to go home. During this time, staff on the cardiac recovery floor will help begin your rehabilitation and educate you on how to care for yourself when you return home. You must demonstrate that...

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: Self-Care for Recovery

What are your responsibilities during your recovery from bypass surgery? You have several responsibilities while you are recovering from coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, including: Caring for your wounds. Taking your medicines. Monitoring your weight. Improving your heart and lung...

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: The Recovery Process

Each person's recovery from coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is a little different. Your road to recovery has many steps, including time in the hospital, time at home, and participation in a rehabilitation program. You will hear a common theme during your recovery: Everyone heals at a different pace...

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