If a threshold of 10% risk of COPD was used to make spirometry referrals, the addition of the polygenic risk score correctly ...

We've all felt winded when taking the stairs or dealt with a cough from time to time. But if these issues linger, they could ...

Explore strategies for controlling COPD and improving health, with a focus on management and lifestyle changes.

“Patients with mild-to-moderate COPD who have low exercise tolerance are likely to experience poor respiratory health outcomes,” the investigators concluded. “Exercise tolerance may be considered one ...

Chronic lower respiratory diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), are the sixth leading cause of ...

People with COPD experience more falls and related injuries requiring medical care when using common fall-risk increasing ...

As contemporary surgical practice continues to evolve, patients who undergo surgical lung volume reduction (LVRS) for ...

The growing prevalence of COPD among women can be attributed to a combination of biological, environmental, and societal ...

Researchers have identified new lung function and blood test cutoffs to improve timely chronic hypercapnia management in ...

After waking up from the procedure, he told me he could take full breaths for the first time in years,” Dr. Mark Sigler said ...

Certain Medicare plans typically cover at least part of the cost of inhalers for COPD. There are also several ways to further save on costs.

Injurious falls are common among people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the two years before de ...