After illness, the boundaries of daily life contract almost imperceptibly. A trip that once felt routine — like driving to ...

Caroline Gainer is from West Virginia, the state with the highest rate of COPD in the United States. She was diagnosed with moderate-to-severe COPD in 2013 after a pneumothorax (lung collapse). After ...

With a diagnosis, fear of the unknown can give way to the real work of living with a disease like COPD, says columnist.

Last fall, I had shingles, diverticulitis, and an upper respiratory infection, all within four weeks. I call that period a trifecta of illness. In the months after the trifecta swept through me, even ...

Share this page with email Share this page on Facebook Share this page on X Share this page on Reddit Print Preferred Source on Google Growing up in West Virginia, free natural gas was one of those ...

When the word pleurodesis first entered my life, it was not abstract, but was tethered to the reality of three pneumothoraces since 2010. Each lung collapse was a reminder of how suddenly breath could ...

Mabwell’s experimental therapy 9MW1911 may reduce the frequency of moderate to severe exacerbations in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to data from a completed ...

The American Lung Association Research Institute is investing $22 million to advance research and support care for lung disease, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). “Research is ...

I will soon be 82, and my weight has been an issue since being diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). For most of my adult life, I weighed 113 pounds and was 5 feet, 1 inch tall.

Inflammation is having a moment. It’s the buzzword behind turmeric lattes, elimination diets, and supplement stacks. But for those of us living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), ...

Each day that I continue to take my antidepressant, I see more and more of the world I used to enjoy before chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) caused the walls to cave in on me. Though I ...

Share this page with email Share this page on Facebook Share this page on X Share this page on Reddit Print Preferred Source on Google I’ve recently been reflecting on how Maslow’s hierarchy of needs ...