According to the World Health Organization (WHO), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of ...

What Is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease? It is a long-term respiratory condition marked by progressive damage to the ...

Short-course fluoroquinolone treatment is as effective as the conventional 7-day course for acute exacerbations of chronic ...

A 6-minute walk of less than 350 meters tripled the mortality risk, whereas chronic kidney disease (CKD) independently ...

New Partnership with Leonard Nimoy’s Daughter Aims to Raise COPD Awareness ...

China: A new study published in BMC Pulmonary Medicine highlights a significant association between elevated blood eosinophil ...

The role of bacterial pathogens in acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is controversial. In older studies, the rates of isolation of bacterial pathogens from sputum were ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is an inflammatory lung disease that can make it difficult to breathe. Yoga can help you deal with this condition. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD ...

In the peripheral airways of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, as compared with normal peripheral airways, there is airflow limitation due to a variable mixture of loss of ...

The most recent guidelines issued by the American Thoracic Society (ATS) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS) define COPD as follows [1]: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD ...

Severe gum disease has been linked to the progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, but an understanding of how the connection plays out in the immune system remains unclear.