What to know about asthma: Nearly 1 in 10 Americans have asthma.Here's what causes it. How is COPD treated? Regardless of what's causing the condition, COPD is treatable. "The mainstays of therapy ...

There’s no one-size-fits-all answer when it comes to predicting someone’s life span with COPD. A lot depends on your age, health, lifestyle, and how severe the disease was when you were ...

If you have (COPD), your doctor may prescribe inhaled corticosteroids as part of your treatment. Learn how to take them, how they can help, what the side effects might be.

COPD lung sounds, like wheezing and crackling, can give clues about the state of your airways and help determine whether your treatment is working.

When spirometry is unavailable, physicians can use the St. George’s Respiratory Questionnaire score plus peak expiratory flow to screen for COPD, according to data published in American Journal ...

COPD is often confused as asthma. Since COPD is much more serious, it is important to learn how to tell the difference between the two conditions. Learn how.

Prior to diving into a discussion on best practices for managing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, stakeholders in health care remark on the prevalence and impact of the disease in the United ...

Association between soft drink consumption and asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among adults in Australia. Respirology, 2012; 17 (2): 363 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2011.02115.x; ...

New treatment for people with COPD, emphysema at Penn Medicine 02:23. PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A new treatment option for people with COPD or emphysema could be an alternative to lung surgery and ...

In the Canadian CanCOLD cohort, 48 of 685 participants (7.0 %) without airflow obstruction were newly classified as having COPD under the minor-criteria path, while 105 of 656 participants (16.0 % ...

Self-administered high-flow therapy for COPD and type 1 respiratory failure: benefit not proven Due to a lack of meaningful study data, no benefit can be derived. As the legal requirements for a ...

Clinical practice guidelines embedded in electronic health records improve providers' evaluation and management of patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), according to ...