Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) robs tens of millions of people of the ability to easily draw in the air they need to live a normal life. Although this incurable, progressive condition is ...

Men and women with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), bronchiectasis, and nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) lung ...

The findings position SII as a potentially valuable biomarker for risk stratification in patients with COPD and AF, with the identified threshold potentially serving as a clinical decision point for ...

The CT-based whole-lung radiomic nomogram accurately identifies AECOPD and offers a robust tool for clinical diagnosis and treatment planning.

Is lighting a cigarette the most cathartic part of your day? Or do you live or work near someone who has been smoking for years? If you've been exposing yourself to lung irritants for a long time now, ...

May 2, 2025 — Researchers have developed a novel rat model that closely replicates the pathological features and physiological changes associated with human chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD ...

1. Vos T, Flaxman AD, Naghavi M, et al.: Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010.

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) is a ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is grossly under-diagnosed and is one of the commonest lung problems affecting smokers. The diagnosis is usually made after consultation with a Chest ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the commonest lung problems affecting middle aged smokers. The management aims include:- Smoking is the most important cause of and contributing ...

Doctor of Pharmacology and Research Leader in Respiratory cellular and molecular biology at the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, University of Technology Sydney University of Technology Sydney ...