Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are chronic respiratory diseases that cause breathing difficulty and coughing. Both conditions share similar symptoms. Understanding their ...

Background: Asthma and COPD can significantly affect patients and pose a substantial economic burden for both patients and managed-care plans. This study compares utilization outcomes in patients with ...

SAN DIEGO — You can't treat patients if you can't find them. But as investigators in a randomized controlled trial showed, a case-finding method based on spirometry results can identify individuals in ...

Bronchiectasis hospitalizations have higher mortality and costs than COPD and asthma, with a median stay of 5 days and costs of $50,393. During the COVID-19 pandemic, bronchiectasis hospitalizations ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Length of stay was 1 day longer for those with asthma-COPD overlap vs. COPD or asthma alone and the cost was ...

Credit: Getty Images Women with COPD, asthma, and OSA may go undiagnosed or without proper care because their symptomatology differs from the classic male presentation. Despite decades of advances in ...

TORONTO, Oct. 22, 2025 /CNW/ - Health Canada has approved Dupixent® (dupilumab injection) as an add-on maintenance treatment in adult patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) ...