Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The risk for COPD rose among women who started menstruation at age 11 years or younger vs. 13 years, as well as ...

Neighborhood risk factors such as higher poverty, more uninsured residents and lower education levels were associated with an increase in emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations related ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Exacerbation risk factors in this population included GERD, chronic bronchitis, high symptom burden and ...

A range of reproductive factors, including age when periods first start and an early menopause, are all linked to a heightened risk of COPD—the umbrella term for progressive lung conditions that cause ...

Cardiovascular diseases and diabetes are some of the most common coexisting conditions in COPD. Shared risk factors and overlapping physiological processes likely contribute to the high rate of ...

Findings from this 20-year follow-up study showed that after adjusting for age, sex, smoking, IgE, and skin test reactivity, physician-confirmed active asthma was significantly associated with ...

Female reproductive factors were associated with risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including age at menarche, number of children, miscarriage, stillbirth, and age at natural ...

New research reveals that women have roughly 50% greater risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) compared to men, even when accounting for smoking history and other risk ...

Women are about 50% more likely than men to develop COPD even though they are less likely to smoke, researchers reported Thursday in the journal BMJ Open Respiratory Research. Photo by Cnordic ...

Psoriasis is not an independent risk factor for developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a new study. To determine COPD prevalence among patients with psoriasis, the ...

Sly Stone, the funk icon and frontman of the group Sly and the Family Stone, has died. The 82-year-old musician's family confirmed the death of their "beloved dad" following a "prolonged battle" with ...

Background: For several years, asthma and COPD have been regarded as distinct entities, with distinct clinical courses. However, despite distinctive physiologic features at the time of diagnosis, and ...