Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a progressive lung disease that makes breathing difficult. It includes conditions like chronic bronchitis and emphysema, both of which lead to ...

The World Health Organization predicts that Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) will become the third leading medical cause of death worldwide by 2030, but the disease doesn’t get the ...

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

This reduces the amount of oxygen which is transferred into the blood stream and body leading to the sufferer experiencing shortness of breath. There are several known causes of COPD; one of the main ...

People with respiratory diseases, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or severe asthma, can be particularly susceptible to the effects of cold weather, finding themselves shorter ...

Within the respiratory disease area, innovative treatments for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, lung cancer, allergic rhinitis and infantile ...

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 ...

A study compares budesonide-glycopyrrolate-formoterol and fluticasone-umeclidinium-vilanterol, revealing insights on COPD ...

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) is intensifying efforts to raise awareness about asthma and chronic obstructive ...