Country music star Patty Loveless has lost two family members to lung disease. In this Lifescript exclusive, she tells all about her fight against chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) - on the rise in U.S. women - and her own health scares…

She recently wrote and recorded a song (“Drive”) for Drive4COPD, a public awareness campaign that the American Lung Association, COPD Foundation and NASCAR are a part of.

In this Lifescript exclusive, Loveless opens up about her sister’s battle with COPD and health issues that threatened to end her career:

Why are you talking publicly about COPD?

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New Additions to the media archives..... And we'll get back to more additions on PattyTube tomorrow!

Just a few new articles:

- 1997 Christian Science Monitor Interview
- 1999 Modern Screen Country Interview
- 1999 Country Song Roundup Interview

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You can catch Patty playing on the Opry on July 24th. Temporarily displaced from the Opry House, the Opry show will be at the Ryman Auditorium for this performance.

You can purchase tickets at Opry.com.

And some other new dates have been added to the schedule.... You can view the dates added below, but the schedule has been updated with complete ticketing information.

Ross Ragland Theater
10.02.10
Klamath Falls, OR

Kentucky Theatre
10.14.10
Lexington, KY

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Patty Loveless wants you to breathe
By Jim Lundstrom

Patty Loveless wasn’t on the lineup this year for Summerfest or County USA, but she showed up at both to promote a simple test to determine if you are at risk for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - or COPD.

COPD is a disease that gradually robs a person of their ability to breathe. People often think their symptoms, like shortness of breath or a cough that won’t go away, are just normal signs of aging. Most do not seek medical care until they’ve lost half their lung function, which is a problem because once you lose lung function, you can’t get it back.

“They say there’s like 24 million people walking around in the country that possibly have some form of COPD, and 12 million of them don’t know it,” she said by telephone before going to Summerfest on June 24 to promote a simple COPD screening.

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According to Arizona Daily Star, songwriter Troy Olsen has announced he wrote a song that will be the theme for the Gwyneth Paltrow-Tim McGraw film "Love Don't Let Me Down," set to be released in the fall. Patty Loveless and Chris Young are expected to record the song.

-AZ Daily Star

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