The main goals of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) management include treatment of symptoms and prevention of exacerbations. Current guidelines recommend use of one or more long-acting ...

To help with COPD flare-ups, you may consider a medication inhaler, antibiotics, oxygen therapy, and hospital care. Your healthcare team can best advise you on treatment for COPD exacerbations.

During and after an exacerbation, mental recovery involves taking care of both your physical and mental health. Resting, ...

Explore strategies for controlling COPD and improving health, with a focus on management and lifestyle changes.

If these trials confirm the findings, benralizumab could become the first new therapy approved for eosinophilic exacerbations ...

A recent trial showed that nicotinamide riboside supplementation might reduce airway inflammation in patients with COPD who ...

Tezepelumab did not significantly decrease moderate or severe COPD exacerbations compared with placebo, the COURSE trial found.

After waking up from the procedure, he told me he could take full breaths for the first time in years,” Dr. Mark Sigler said ...

Researchers have identified new lung function and blood test cutoffs to improve timely chronic hypercapnia management in ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and other lower respiratory diseases are among leading causes of U.S. deaths per ...

Ohtuvayre showed significant improvement in lung function by 12 weeks. Follow-up analyses showed that Ohtuvayre had long-term ...

The Zephyr Valve procedure is a minimally invasive treatment for severe or very severe COPD and emphysema. It offers an alternative to highly invasive options like lung transplants, which carry ...