Although she finally knew the name of the lung disease that caused her to wake up gasping for breath on many nights, she couldn’t find much ... causes of COPD. “I was so upset.

End-stage COPD is the most severe stage of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. During this stage, symptoms worsen, and a flare could become life threatening. Chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

Although there isn’t currently a cure, you can find ways to live with ... New Hampshire. So what helps one person manage ...

And there are a host of medications we can use now that barely existed or didn’t exist at all 25 years ago that really improve the day-to-day function of patients with COPD so they can do the ...

An international study has identified two types of these so-called ... to breathe -- do little to help people who do not have chronic obstructive ... Smaller Airways Increase COPD Risk for Women ...

In COPD, patients with abnormally high exertional breathlessness on CPET are unlikely to be identified via standard symptom ...

With exercise, “people can do more with less shortness of breath ... With excessive exertion, researchers find fewer benefits ...

Eligible patients had COPD, were ages 40 or older, and were new initiators of these inhalers from 2021 to 2023. They were ...

The breathing tubes become narrow and fixed, causing breathlessness and wheezing, characteristics of COPD. This inflammation also damages the air sac, affecting the gas exchange and in advance ...

Single items on the COPD Assessment Test were associated with different outcomes for smokers versus nonsmokers, which could ...