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With November being "National COPD Awareness Month,” experts urge patients who suffer from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease to verify their treatment plans, and to be diligent about COVID-19 precautions.Seventy-one-year-old Janice Cotton is a self-proclaimed "advocate for COPD-ERS." Her advocacy is all over YouTube. She says, “Oh, I think so!.. I think I’m a YouTube star.”Cotton said she likes to tell her story, and while full of personality, her road to advocacy wasn't easy.“In 1997, my mom died from COPD,” Cotton said. “We didn’t know what it was. We had no idea. The last thing she said was, ‘Janice, please stop smoking.’”She said she smoked a pack a day for more than 40 years. Even after being diagnosed with COPD, she says she still smoked.“I didn’t quit smoking when he told me, because when I went into the office to get the test, I was told you’ll be dead in 10 years so I said, ‘What the heck? I may as well keep smoking,’” Cotton said.Eventually, she quit, and now urges others to do the same.Does Cotton still crave tobacco?“Oh no way Jose. Not at all; I don’t crave it,” Cotton said. “I don’t think about it. I tell people who are thinking about smoking, I say, 'Put a straw in your mouth, toothpick, something, anything but a cigarette.'”“This is a treatable disease,” said Dr. Tom Corbridge, pulmonologist, a faculty member at the University of Northwestern near Chicago, and GlaxoSmithKline medical expert. “It is a progressive illness but it's also a treatable illness and the sooner you get in, the sooner you connect with a trusted healthcare provider, the sooner you can get help to restore some of the things you’ve lost.”He says COPD is an umbrella term for chronic lung disease, which include things like emphysema and chronic bronchitis. He says there are 27 million patients with COPD in the U.S. and it's the fourth-leading cause of death.“The main symptom that COPD causes (is) shortness of breath," Corbridge said. It's "hallmark symptom that would be worse with exertion, but also cough, raising of phlegm or mucous and wheezing are really the hallmarks of the disease.”Those symptoms, he said, can be complicated by COVID-19.“The pandemic has impacted my life and my disease management,” Cotton said. “So many of us were scared (of) death and afraid and didn’t want to go anywhere, didn’t want anybody to come see you.”In a recent GlaxoSmithKline study, 83% of people living with COPD agree that COVID-19 has been a wake-up call about the vulnerability of the illness. But, Cotton said she's using her voice to make sure all COPD patients are diligent about things like face masks, hand washing and social distancing. She also recommends having what she calls an "action plan" with your doctor.“I want people to understand and realize that knowledge is power. The more you investigate and research, the better off you’ll be when it comes to managing COPD,” Cotton said.Doctors say the most important aspect is staying in touch with your physicians and staying on top of your symptoms. 3035

his staff says.McConnell suffered a fractured shoulder after a fall at his Louisville home earlier this month. His campaign staff released a statement saying that the GOP leader is healing and resting."Senator McConnell had successful surgery yesterday in Louisville, Kentucky to repair a fracture in his shoulder. The surgery was performed without incident, and the Leader is grateful to the surgical team for their skill," David Popp, McConnell's communications director, said.McConnell is 77. Congress is currently in the middle of a recess, so he is not due in Washington for legislative duties.This story was originally published by Melissa Ratliff on 659

With so many people laid off and out of work, changing jobs or careers may feel out of the question.However, millions of people are changing careers and doing it successfully—people like Cai LindemanWhen mandated closures were forced upon most businesses in March, Lindeman was a chef at a fine dining restaurant in Washington D.C. The owner of his restaurant temporarily laid off all the staff and suddenly he became unemployed.“I’m not a person who does well when I have nothing to do or work on, so I immediately enrolled in classes at the local community college,” said Lindeman.As restaurant closure lingered far longer than the initial two-week expectation, Lindeman began to re-evaluate his 10-year career in the kitchen.“At this stage in my life, I was starting to think, ‘What does the future look like? Am I going to find myself at 40 or 50 years old still working in the restaurant industry, working these insane hours?’” he recalled.Given those concerns and the volatility of the industry, he decided to make the change. He traded his kitchen knives for a calculator, began accounting classes and got a job at an accounting firm.“I don’t know that I would’ve made the leap now if it wasn’t for the shove off the cliff provided by COVID,” said Lindeman.Lindeman is among millions of Americans making similar leaps. A new poll shows roughly 2 out of 3 people who lost their jobs during the pandemic have switched careers.“I think that is really a shocking statistic for many people because they think, ‘Well, we are in the middle of a pandemic. Now is not the time for a career shift,’ but I have told lots of people, including people within our staffing agency, that now is the perfect time,’ said Stephanie Caudle, CEO of the staffing agency Black Girl Group.Caudle is helping many get back into the workforce by making a new career shift.“Now is the time for millions of Americans out there who for whatever reason feel like they may have settled for jobs that maybe they didn’t necessarily like,” said Caudle. "Now, they have a chance to break that box for themselves and really start embracing the things they really want to do.”Like with Lindemann's case, she is seeing the most successful transitions into the finance industry, paralegal work, tech sector, and especially into computer coding for people who have little to no experience.However, it is worth noting that not everyone is able to make or even consider this switch, especially many of the people Lindeman worked with side-by-side in the kitchen.“There are so many immigrants, documented or otherwise, that flat out, it would not be an option for,” Lindeman pointed out. 2657

comes in.“Find your anchor is a grassroots movement aimed at suicide awareness and prevention,” Find Your Anchor CEO Ali Borowsky explains. “It all kind of manifests itself into these little blue boxes that we launch into the world. So, you’re walking down the street, you see this little blue box, you open the lid, it says ‘If you’re feeling lost, hopeless, suicidal, this is for you. If not, leave it for someone else in need.’”Find Your Anchor is based out of Orange County, California, but boxes have reached places all across the globe. The boxes can be requested by people in need, ordered by mentors who want to help people in need, or launched in a public place for somebody to find. Borowsky says she thinks launching them organically into the world, is the most powerful way for somebody to encounter a box.“It’s like a message from the universe," she says. "Like ‘I was meant to find this, this was put here for me.’”The box holds multiple items to give people hope: a deck of cards titled “52+ reasons to live”, a bracelet, an infographic on depression, a sticker, a couple posters, some cards on how to become a messenger, and a list of resources. Borowsky felt inspired to create Find Your Anchor, after her own struggles with mental health. She attempted to take her life multiple times. Now, she's helping others who may be in a dark place. Keeping track of each individual box, Borowsky says she’s received notes from many people saying the box has saved their life. And that’s why more and more mental health advocates are standing behind Find Your Anchor.“I like the find your anchor box because it’s empowering the individual immediately, and yet provides resources for them if they need more than just the box,” Amanda Greene says.Greene says she can’t stop ordering Find Your Anchor boxes, because she understands their powerful impact.“Living with chronic illness and having it for a long time, there’s days where you’re like ‘OK, I’m done,’” she says. As soon as the people receiving boxes are in a better place, they’re encouraged to pass it on, adding an item that was an anchor for them.Whether it’s a phone call on the top of a bridge, or a box by the beach, what’s most important for people to realize, is that they’re not alone, they’re loved, help is available, and there is hope.“My core belief in the height of my darkness was that no one would care," Borowsky recalls. "If we can help convince you that strangers care about you, then it shouldn’t be so hard to feel that your family and friends do as well."“If you are suicidal, there is help. And I encourage you to reach out,” Elmer says. ******************************************************If you’d like to reach out to the journalist for this story, email Elizabeth Ruiz at elizabeth.ruiz@scripps.com 2794

YouTube announced Thursday that it had made updates to its hate and harassment policies that resulted in a further purge of videos about the QAnon conspiracy theory.In a blog post on Thursday, YouTube said it was updating the policies "to prohibit content that targets an individual or group with conspiracy theories that have been used to justify real-world violence."The social media platform said the new policy would ban videos that "threatens or harasses someone by suggesting they are complicit in one of these harmful conspiracies, such as QAnon or Pizzagate."It's unclear how many videos, users or channels would be removed from the platform due to the policy changes.YouTube is the latest social media platform to crack down on content that espouses the conspiracy. In July, Twitter eliminated thousands of QAnon-linked accounts and limited others from spreading content linked to the conspiracy. Last week, Facebook said it would ban any page, group or Instagram account that represents QAnon.QAnon is a conspiracy theory that began on anonymous imageboard 4chan in 2017, which alleges that President Donald Trump is fighting a secret cabal of pedophiles and Satanists run by his political opponents, A-list celebrities and other global leaders. After jumping from 4chan to Reddit, the conspiracy spread to more mainstream social media outlets and exploded over the summer under social media groups with names like "Save Our Children."QAnon believers have been associated with several violent incidents, including a 2018 incident where an armed man prompted a standoff with police on the Hoover Dam.President Donald Trump has praised the conspiracy's supporters."I don't know much about the movement other than I understand they like me very much, which I appreciate," Trump said in August.Multiple Republicans running for Congress have also voiced support for the conspiracy theory. 1901