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 been ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common respiratory condition, affecting 4.5% of people over the age of 40 in the UK. The British Lung Foundation estimates 1.2 million people have ...

The natriuretic peptides, specifically brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), are the most specific and applicable laboratory tests available to establish fluid overload associated with HF. 9 BNP is ...

The reason some people who have never smoked a cigarette develop a smoking-related illness may be due to the size of their respiratory system. People who have small airways relative to their lung size ...

For adults with a history of smoking undergoing low-dose CT for lung cancer screening, emphysema is predictive of mortality up to 25 years.

Your lungs are vital for providing your body with fresh oxygen while ridding it of carbon dioxide. This process is called gas exchange. In some individuals, such as those with chronic obstructive ...

Emphysema detected on baseline low-dose chest CT (LDCT) in the lung cancer screening cohort of more than 9,000 asymptomatic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . This 60-minute DynamicCast TM webcast is a multi-faculty interactive presentation where pulmonary experts ...

A pursed-lip breathing exercise can help you improve shortness of breath. If you have a lung disease, such as asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), you may have to work hard to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with arthritis and COPD vs. without COPD had a significantly heightened adjusted risk for all-cause ...