The length of hospital stays and death among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are tied to various ...

New research from the COPD Foundation and Phreesia shows conversations with healthcare providers can play a critical role in ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of death globally and remains a major public health ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is an ongoing group of lung conditions that include chronic bronchitis and emphysema. COPD is the result of damaged lung tissue, which leads to ...

How do doctors guide their patients to work effectively despite the breathing disorder or seek modifications to their job ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an overarching term, and it includes two lung conditions: emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Emphysema is a type of COPD, and that’s why if you ...

Smoking is the leading cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but it's not the only cause. Nearly 1 in 3 people with this lung disease have never smoked. Some were exposed to ...

Accelerated epigenetic aging is associated with wheezing in adults that is largely linked to asthma and COPD, especially the emphysema subtype.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a group of diseases that affect the lungs. The disease makes it difficult to breath and progressively gets worse. About 15 million Americans have ...

Having recently scored approval for Nucala in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), GSK has now signed a major ...

Emphysema is a type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. “The main cause of emphysema is long-term exposure to airborne irritants” like tobacco smoke, which damages the air sacs in the ...