India faces a critical rise in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) deaths, with projections reaching up to 1.6 ...

Delhi-NCR faces a severe pollution emergency as AQI stays above 300. Hospitals see a surge in respiratory and cardiac cases.

Early exposure to pollution, smoke and infections can put young children at risk of developing COPD. Know expert-recommended ...

Even mild or occasional breathlessness can be an early sign of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, commonly known as COPD.

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is typically measured on a scale called the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI), which determines how many times you stop breathing (apnea) and how often your breathing is ...

Visually assessed pulmonary emphysema independently predicted modestly elevated all-cause mortality risk over 25 years of follow-up in patients with a history of smoking. After controlling for other ...

Emphysema detected on baseline low-dose chest CT (LDCT) in the lung cancer screening cohort of more than 9,000 asymptomatic adults was associated with death from all causes, chronic obstructive ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . This analysis examined three phenotypes of pulmonary hypertension (PH) associated with COPD. Patients with ...

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) presents a major global health burden. While FEV1/FVC is the diagnostic gold standard, its application is limited by patient compliance and ...

The authors received research funding from U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute. Plasma fibrinogen and C-reactive protein (CRP) are acute phase ...

Context: Primary care physicians provide care for the majority of patients with mild-to-moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Although clinical practice guidelines have been developed ...