COPD stands for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The condition causes lung inflammation that leads to airflow blockage and breathing problems. [1] “COPD encompasses both emphysema and ...

Causes of death shifting in patients diagnosed with COPD Date: January 20, 2011 Source: American Thoracic Society Summary: Patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who ...

1 Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Internal Medicine, Tannourine Governmental Hospital, Batroun, Lebanon. 2 Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Internal ...

Scientists have long wondered why many non-smokers develop Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and many heavy smokers do not. A new NIH study suggests people with disproportionately small ...

You have a cough that just does not seem to go away. You chalk it up to the cold you had a while back or seasonal allergies, and yet you ...

Major causes of COPD include dust and other air pollutants, cigarette smoking - active and passive - and any other form of smoke. "Patients of this disorder take longer time to breathe in and ...

More than 1.3 million people in the UK suffer from COPD . ... more than 75 per cent of COPD patients report not receiving basic care ... structural inequalties and treat the causes of COPD.

Rates of incurable lung disease are higher than previously thought, a study across 12 countries suggests. Tests in almost 9,500 adults aged over 40 found one in 10 had chronic obstructive respiratory ...

Interestingly, as the COPD gets worse, there is a larger proportion of patients who are going to have exacerbations; 22% of patients with GOLD stage 2, 33% of those with a GOLD stage 3, and almost ...