If you have a COPD flare-up that’s worse than usual, it could be a medical emergency. Find out when to go to the hospital for a COPD flare.

Obesity (and being overweight) can affect your lung function, causing your COPD symptoms to worsen. Learn what the effects are and how to manage both conditions.

Rates of COPD are 2 1/2 times higher in people over 60. Smoking also increases your risk of getting both COPD and lung cancer. Having COPD does not guarantee you’ll get lung cancer.

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 ...

COPD is an inflammatory health condition that damages your lungs. Eating an anti-inflammatory diet and getting enough of vitamins A, C, D, and E can reduce symptoms and help manage the condition.

Combining CT imaging of lung changes with demographic factors in a machine learning model improved prediction of progression to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) for patients at risk ...

Sly Stone, an icon of funk music, has died at the age of 82 following a prolonged battle with COPD, a chronic lung condition that can block airflow and cause difficulty breathing. "It is with ...

Effect of nicotinamide riboside on airway inflammation in COPD: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Nature Aging , 2024; DOI: 10.1038/s43587-024-00758-1 Cite This Page : ...

Overall, patients with both sepsis and COPD had higher 28-day all-cause mortality than those without COPD (23.6% vs 16.4%; P = .001).The researchers noted that COPD was identified as an ...

COPD patients’ lung cells store triple the carbon of smokers’ cells—and swell up with inflammation-causing proteins. This suggests that carbon buildup, possibly from pollution, plays a ...