Long-term smokers often have a chronic cough. They may get used to it, and perhaps also to being winded after climbing stairs.But there are good reasons to take these symptoms seriously, as they can ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a manifestation of structural violence, the process through which societies ...

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

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

“Patients with mild-to-moderate COPD who have low exercise tolerance are likely to experience poor respiratory health outcomes,” the investigators concluded. “Exercise tolerance may be considered one ...

Among patients with COPD who experienced an exacerbation, the risk for cardiovascular events was highest in the following 2 weeks and stayed elevated more than 1 year after, according to study results ...

If a threshold of 10% risk of COPD was used to make spirometry referrals, the addition of the polygenic risk score correctly ...

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

Your COPD is considered to be moderate. Your FEV1 is between 30% and 49% of the normal predicted values, and your FEV1/FVC is less than 70%. In this stage, you may experience shortness of breath ...

People with COPD experience more falls and related injuries requiring medical care when using common fall-risk increasing drugs, according to a new study. The study is published in the November ...

That said, in one study of people with moderate to severe COPD, there was no difference in measured outcomes (like COPD symptoms, use of relief medications, or change in FEV1 after using an inhaler).

Children who start smoking prior to age 15 have a 27% increased risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as adults, compared to those who started smoking later, researchers ...