Few situations are more unsettling than not being able to breathe. Whether from a momentary injury that knocks the wind out of you, swimming underwater for too long or recovering after sprinting at ...

Metered-dose inhaler propellants have contributed a rising amount to greenhouse gases in the U.S. Emissions per inhaler ...

Misdiagnoses of COPD can occur due to similarities with other lung conditions or a lack of symptoms in the early phase. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major disease, but its ...

For some patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), summer can be one of the most stressful times of the year. Not only is allergy season in full swing, but rising temperatures and ...

Sanofi and Regeneron’s Dupixent appears set up for a key FDA approval this summer for chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD). But a second biologic treatment could be on its heels in the ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) is a group of lung diseases that includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. Smoking or exposure to air pollutants usually causes COPD. It is becoming ...

“This new COPD diagnostic schema, which includes chest imaging, respiratory symptoms and spirometry, identified additional individuals at risk of poor respiratory outcomes,” said Bhatt, a professor in ...

Scientists have discovered that people with COPD have lung cells that contain over three times as much soot-like carbon as those of smokers without the disease. These overloaded cells are larger and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The PatientInsights 28-question survey from Phreesia was offered to patients with COPD in January 2025. Patients ...

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 ...