Patients with COPD and concurrent depression and/or anxiety are known to have an increased risk of exacerbations, morbidity, mortality, and deteriorated quality of life. Early detection of ...

Many individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease describe exacerbations in personal, varied terms, revealing a ...

Digital inhalers may help predict occurrence of acute exacerbations of COPD for patients in an ambulatory setting.

Sue’s recommendation to others living with COPD is to not isolate yourself and stay at home. It is okay to ask for help and ...

UCLA researchers have successfully grown miniature lungs from stem cells—complete with their own functioning blood vessel ...

There is a need to re-evaluate the concept of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as separate conditions, and to consider situations when they may coexist, or when one condition ...

Patients with chronic respiratory failure who meet usage criteria will have more access to respiratory assist devices.

Background Psychological functioning is an important determinant of health outcomes in chronic lung disease. To better define the role of anxiety in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a ...

It is becoming increasingly recognized that people with COPD have an elevated risk of serious CV events,1 discussed Hanania ...

Women aged 40 years and older have a 50% greater risk for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) vs men in the same age group, according to study findings published in BMJ Open Respiratory ...