Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a condition that affects more than 14 million U.S. adults, is marked by damage ...

1). One hundred and three tests were performed in 67 patients with obstructive pulmonary emphysema with or without demonstrable bronchospasm. The average age was sixty years, with a range of ...

As contemporary surgical practice continues to evolve, patients who undergo surgical lung volume reduction (LVRS) for ...

Americans have known for years that cigarettes are incredibly bad for your health. Vaping on the other hand, is a relatively ...

Eric lost his mother, father and grandmother while incarcerated. His plan to keep smoking is attributable to a deadly communication failure.

Though smoking and increasing levels of pollution exposure are well recognised as causes of lung cancer the connection ...

Officials announced Wednesday that an inmate of the Ventura County’s jail system died during a hospital stay in January. The ...

Despite affecting over 30 million Americans, COPD remains dangerously underdiagnosed. As a leading cause of death, this chronic respiratory disease continues to claim lives, yet awareness and early ...

25, 2024 — A new method of scanning lungs is able to show in real time how air moves in and out of the lungs as people take a breath in patients with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

COPD is a progressive lung disease with mild symptoms in the early stages that gradually worsen. Early diagnosis and treatment can help preserve lung function. People with COPD often have trouble ...

As wildfires continue to affect communities across California, people not only need to remain vigilant about the threat of ...

Rationale Severe asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) share common pathophysiological traits such as relative corticosteroid insensitivity. We recently published three transcriptome ...