Explore strategies for controlling COPD and improving health, with a focus on management and lifestyle changes.

Dozens of health studies through the years have revealed the negative impact smoking can have on our bodies. But is that the ...

Individuals in the lowest quintile of birth weight appear to have an increased risk for subsequent chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Globally, COPD is also a leading cause of death. Data from the World Health Organization in 2021 ranked it as the fourth ...

If a threshold of 10% risk of COPD was used to make spirometry referrals, the addition of the polygenic risk score correctly ...

Bronchodilators Don't Improve Smoking-Related Respiratory Symptoms in People Without COPD Sep. 5, 2022 — Researchers have found that dual bronchodilators -- long-lasting inhalers that relax the ...

After waking up from the procedure, he told me he could take full breaths for the first time in years,” Dr. Mark Sigler said ...

Multiple chemicals in cigarette smoke and e-cigarettes alter the function of a key type of lung immune cell. Cigarette ...

Cigarette smoking is widespread and deadly, yet our understanding of how cigarette smoke actually causes serious respiratory ...

The medical community is still reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic, while fears for other zoonotic viruses emerge. Additionally, political agendas including strong anti-vaccination messaging and the ...

Researchers used computer modeling to predict which components of cigarette smoke might be recognized by antigen-presenting molecule MR1.