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

Injurious falls are common among people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the two years before death, with some medications tied to higher fall risk, according to a study published ...

About 10% of Sri Lankans over the age of 40 are affected by Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), a condition often linked to smoking, prolonged exposure to air pollution, or untreated asthma, ...

“Preventing unnecessary exposure to air pollution and consistently wearing masks in high-risk environments can significantly ...

Learn why phlegm happens and discover gentler, everyday ways to remove it without resorting to loud “uncle coughs”.

A recent study conducted by researchers from Seattle-based University of Washington and Durham, N.C.-based Duke University found a strong association between the use of fall-risk increasing drugs and ...

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

A medical expert emphasized the critical need for the establishment of national guidelines and screening strategies especially for lung cancer tailored to Filipinos’ unique epidemiological landscape.

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.

Tezepelumab did not significantly decrease moderate or severe COPD exacerbations compared with placebo, the COURSE trial found.

Globally, COPD is also a leading cause of death. Data from the World Health Organization in 2021 ranked it as the fourth ...

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