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, ...

People with lung conditions such as asthma, COPD, and emphysema need to be particularly careful in the cold because breathing in cold air can constrict airway muscles making it harder to breathe, so ...

The following is a summary of “Assessing the Clinical and Functional Status of COPD Patients Using Speech Analysis During and ...

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 ...

Study reveals the Prospector calculator reduces antibiotic prescriptions in COPD exacerbations, improving outcomes and ...

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

Individuals in the lowest quintile of birth weight appear to have an increased risk for subsequent chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Among patients with COPD who experienced an exacerbation, the risk for cardiovascular events was highest in the following 2 weeks and stayed elevated more than 1 year after, according to study results ...

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

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

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