The seemingly innocent everyday habit that dramatically raises your risk of deadly COPD. You MUST make this simple change now to protect your lungs before it's too late

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an umbrella term for a group of lung conditions - including emphysema and chronic bronchitis - that cause breathing difficulties.
News Medical

Sustainable inhalers offer better outcomes for COPD patients

New research from UCLA Health suggests that certain inhalers used to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are not only less harmful to the environment but can also lead to slightly ...
Medscape

How Biologics Benefit Patients With Challenging COPD

The therapeutic variations among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) present ongoing treatment challenges. However, the two currently approved biologics, dupilumab and ...
WAFB

New lung procedure offers relief for COPD patients in Louisiana

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Around 14 million Americans have diagnosed COPD, but over a million more live without a diagnosis, according to the CDC. Donna Marshall was referred to Dr. Brad Vincent, a ...
Healio

Odds for hospital mortality higher in patients with COPD or asthma vs. asthma-COPD overlap

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Length of stay was 1 day longer for those with asthma-COPD overlap vs. COPD or asthma alone and the cost was ...
Omaha.com

Improving asthma or COPD symptoms can be ‘life-changing’ for patients

Unfortunately, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are both underrecognized and underdiagnosed lung diseases. If they are properly identified, we have many opportunities to improve ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Rurality, Long Travel Times Limit Access to Tobacco Treatment for Patients With COPD Who Smoke

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who smoke were less likely to receive tobacco dependence treatment (TDT) if they lived in rural areas or had longer travel times to care, ...
CNN

This lung disease can be dangerous for younger people, too

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is the fourth leading cause of death worldwide, responsible for 3.5 million deaths in 2021, according to the World Health Organization. It’s a common ...
Medical Xpress

Unexpected COPD relief: Lung fibrosis drug outperforms steroids in pre-clinical model

Researchers have found a promising treatment breakthrough for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that avoids many of the drawbacks of current drugs, and it has come from an unexpected place.
Medscape

Helping Your Patients Manage COPD in the Workplace

Your patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may need help not just coping with their condition but also managing it in their workplace. The symptoms of COPD, a lung and airway ...
The Hill

Medicaid cuts in GOP megabill would hurt COPD patients

The deep cuts to Medicaid outlined in President Trump’s budget reconciliation bill would hurt Americans suffering from conditions like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Rep. Maxine Dexter ...
Science Daily

Unusual carbon build-up found in lungs of COPD patients

Scientists have discovered that people with COPD have lung cells that contain over three times as much soot-like carbon as those of smokers without the disease. These overloaded cells are larger and ...