We’ve all felt winded when taking the stairs or dealt with a cough from time to time. But if these issues linger, they could be early signs of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). If you have ...

For patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, healing from home may be as good as receiving treatment in hospital, according to new research. “We know that pulmonary rehab is a highly ...

I was diagnosed with COPD last year after struggling with multiple symptoms. I quit smoking over 10 years ago, but I’m ...

COPD is a group of progressive lung diseases that includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Despite affecting an estimated 32 million people in the United States, as many as half are unaware they ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a condition caused by damage to the lungs that results in breathing difficulties.

Researchers report that as many as 70% of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma could be undiagnosed. They say that receiving a diagnosis and treatment can dramatically ...

Use of a COPD care pathway heightened the odds for a pulmonary rehabilitation referral and home discharge in hospitalized ...

Medication treatment for COPD usually involves inhaled medications, such as beta agonists like albuterol or long-acting forms ...

Both agents are long-acting muscarinic antagonists. The primary endpoint of the study was the change from baseline in trough FEV 1 at day 85. Findings showed no statistically significant difference ...