COPD study links increased alveolar macrophage carbon to worse lung function, inflammation, and altered cell phenotype.

For more than 40 years, I have been involved in asthma and COPD research. The clinical management of these diseases has ...

On World Lung Cancer Day, experts decode the affects of smoking on the lungs. You can’t rewind lung damage, but you can stop ...

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.

How do doctors guide their patients to work effectively despite the breathing disorder or seek modifications to their job ...

COPD, including emphysema and chronic bronchitis, is a progressive disease that limits your airflow and destroys tissue in your lungs. When repeated exposure to toxic substances triggers long-term ...

Lung function tests play a major role in the diagnosis and treatment of respiratory diseases such as asthma, chronic ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a group of diseases that affect the lungs. The disease makes it difficult to breath and progressively gets worse. About 15 million Americans have ...

As work stress mounts and deadlines pile up, nearly 20 per cent of corporate women are now resorting to smoking as a coping ...

COPD is a long-term (or chronic) condition of the lungs that can make it hard to breathe. COPD is an umbrella term that includes two conditions: emphysema and chronic bronchitis.

The lungs of patients with asthma who smoke begin to resemble those of patients with COPD, which may require changes in treatment, Brian Bizik, MS, PA-C, said at the Allergy, Asthma & Immunology ...