People in rural areas are at greater risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) due to a variety of factors. We explain why.

The adjusted likelihood for an injurious fall in adults with COPD was elevated with a fall-risk increasing drug prescription, ...

Researchers developed a new COPD-ES questionnaire for healthcare professionals to improve the management of stable chronic ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a disease of the respiratory tract that is characterized narrowing of the small airways and destruction of lung tissue. This leads to poor airflow ...

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 ...

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Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is a frequently encountered diagnosis in both the emergency department (ED) and among hospitalized patients, with increasing incidence throughout the U.S. 1 Over the past ...

Now, doctors combine the results of a lung function test with subjective measures of symptom severity to determine a patient’s stage of COPD. Quitting smoking and avoiding secondhand smoke after ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an irreversible inflammatory disease of the lungs that makes it more difficult to breathe over time. The disease causes changes to the tissues inside ...

A 62-year-old patient with type 2 diabetes said: “It makes me feel more confident. It's good up to a point you think you're doing really good. It forces me to do everything, and it feels good. It ...

A South Australian GP has been suspended over an inappropriate relationship with a patient in her 80s. Hemant Kumar Vanmali had an intimate relationship with the woman whom he had treated for more ...