Providence Holy Cross Medical Center is the first Providence hospital in the San Fernando Valley to offer a minimally ...

“Emphysema is usually a description of images — CT scan or X-ray — and is only one part of the disease of COPD,” says Uddalak Majumdar, MD, pulmonologist at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. COPD is ...

Lung cancer is among the most common cancers worldwide. In the United States and other industrialized countries, it’s the major cause of cancer mortality. Emphysema is a term that describes structural ...

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — The Hospitals of Providence Memorial Campus performed El Paso’s first successful breakthrough lung procedureto treat patients suffering from COPD and emphysema. The ...

COPD affects the lungs and their ability to regulate airflow and obstructions. According to the American Lung Association, over 138,000 Americans died from the disease in 2021. St. Vincents states ...

“We found a stepwise greater loss of lung density with increasing exacerbation frequency, predominantly in former smokers who already had some preexisting emphysema,” Surya P. Bhatt, MD, MSPH, ...

COPD may originate from chronic bronchitis, which inflames the airways, or from emphysema, which damages the lung air sacs. Key indicators of COPD may include persistent breathing changes such as ...

Spectrum Health is one of the first hospitals in Michigan to offer a novel treatment for emphysema. The treatment uses the Zephyr® Valve system, an FDA-approved minimally invasive procedure requiring ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. In those with and those without emphysema, patients ...

Visually assessed pulmonary emphysema independently predicted modestly elevated all-cause mortality risk over 25 years of follow-up in patients with a history of smoking. After controlling for other ...

Recent research suggests that certain biologic medications called monoclonal antibodies may help treat emphysema more effectively than some current therapies. These medications include benralizumab ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — St. Vincent’s Riverside is now offering a breakthrough treatment for patients diagnosed with chronic pulmonary obstructive disease (COPD)/emphysema. COPD affects the lungs and ...