Mild obstructive sleep apnea and higher PWV are more common than previously expected among female collegiate athletes.

As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reconsiders the ban on asbestos, an Indiana man suffering from asbestosis ...

The monsoon brings dampness, which can turn your home into a hidden source of mould, a real threat to your lungs. Pulmonary ...

COPD is a progressive lung disease with mild symptoms in the early stages that gradually worsen. Early diagnosis and treatment can help preserve lung function. People with COPD often have trouble ...

Image Credit: Koldunov/Shutterstock.com A recent study estimated that only 5% of COPD patients were diagnosed as such. 8 According to the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease ...

While pulmonary rehabilitation was first developed for people with late-stage lung disease, it is now considered beneficial for people at any stage of chronic lung disease — mild, moderate, or ...

In this cross-sectional analysis, we applied a novel multiresolution CT imaging protocol to tissue samples obtained using a systematic uniform sampling method to obtain representative unbiased samples ...

The participants were stratified according to the criteria of the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (2021) (2) for FEV1%pred and FEV1/FVC ratio as follows: • Mild COPD: FEV1% ...

Stage 1 Emphysema Emphysema stages are a measure of how well you can breathe. One widely used guideline is called the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD). It’s a ...

GOLD (global initiative for chronic obstructive lung disease) was first established in 2001 by the U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the World Health Organization (WHO). [2] ...

Overview Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) refers to a group of conditions that include emphysema and chronic bronchitis and is characterized by progressive airflow limitation and tissue ...