According to the World Health Organization (WHO), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of ...

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterised by both an accelerated decline in lung function and periods of acute deterioration in symptoms termed exacerbations. The aim ...

Quantitative CT is becoming increasingly common for the characterisation of lung disease; however, its added potential as a clinical tool for predicting severe exacerbations remains understudied. We ...

The divalent approach has been successfully employed to significantly enhance brain distribution and efficacy with local cerebrospinal fluid administration (43). To identify the optimal scaffold for ...

Lung conditions, like asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, are more common in women than men. Stephanie Harris ...

Background Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing global health crisis and is particularly relevant to people living ...

In a major positive step for global respiratory health, Member States at the 78th World Health Assembly (WHA), held May 19–27 ...

UCLA researchers have successfully grown miniature lungs from stem cells—complete with their own functioning blood vessel ...

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is defined by interrupted breathing during sleep due to airway obstruction with an ongoing respiratory effort. In adults, OSA most commonly is caused by decreased muscle ...

The wife of a lung transplant recipient who died in May is starting to advocate for more funding to help patients who must leave the province for life-saving care. She says she has to sell her ...

Charlottesville and much of central Virginia were under an extreme heat warning Tuesday, with temperatures predicted to stay in the 90s and upper 80s for the remainder of the week. The region is ...

After a scary incident in the Phoenix Mercury's game against the New York Liberty, here's the latest news on Lexi Held's collapsed lung.