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 ...

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

A rare cell in the lining of lungs is fundamental to the organ-wide response necessary to repair damage from toxins like ...

Introduction In patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the risk of certain cardiovascular (CV) events is increased by threefold to fivefold in the year following acute ...

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the fourth most common cause of death worldwide. It is caused primarily by cigarette smoking. Given its importance, it is remarkable that ...

The early 20th century also marked increased prevalence of occupational respiratory illnesses, such as silicosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and a newly-identified condition ...

Drummond, M. B., et al. (2025). Use of a Digital Inhaler to Assess COPD Disease Variability and Identify Impending Acute COPD Exacerbations: A Pilot Study. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases ...

Introduction Although obstructive airway disease has been shown to be associated with prematurity, other spirometry phenotypes are less well described. Objectives We characterised abnormal spirometry ...

Objective Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is an important cause of mortality in some patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Patient-level factors may predict which patients with RA are at the ...

Lung cancer is the most common cancer worldwide and the leading cause of cancer death. In 2022, about 2.5 million people were diagnosed with the disease and more than 1.8 million died.