Across four prospective U.S. cohorts, 4.5% of those 18-49 years old met criteria for COPD, defined as spirometric airflow ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a lung condition that often hides in plain sight. You may think you're dealing with a common cold, when in reality, your lungs are swollen, irritated ...

COPD symptoms vary depending on the amount of lung damage that has occurred due to inhaled substances, most commonly smoking. Symptoms are usually slow to develop and often don’t appear until ...

However, as COPD worsens, so do the symptoms. If you notice any of the below—especially if the symptoms continue and/or grow more severe—talk to your doctor. [10] ...

The new inhaler replaces Trixeo Aerosphere’s existing gas propellant with a low global warming-potential alternative.

This quiz is designed to help you discover if you are at risk for COPD, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. It asks questions about you, your breathing and what you are able to do. To complete ...

COPD, which affects an estimated 16 million people in the U.S., usually occurs in older adults who have smoked for many years. People with COPD often spend two-thirds of their lives with no symptoms.

Medically reviewed by Sanja Jelic, MD Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are chronic respiratory (lung) diseases that cause breathing difficulty and coughing. Asthma affects about ...

Improving the health of the gut microbiome by way of fecal transplant or dietary modification has been shown to noticeably improve COPD symptoms, opening the door to microbiome-targeted treatments ...

Do Smokers with COPD Symptoms and Normal Lung Function Need Bronchodilators? —This randomized trial had a surprising finding: Inhaled dual bronchodilators did not lessen respiratory symptoms in ...

In a finding that could lead to better treatment of smoking-related lung diseases, scientists are reporting that about half of current or former smokers with normal lung function have respiratory ...