Oxygen therapy for COPD is a treatment used to increase the oxygen in your lungs and bloodstream. Research suggests that people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who use oxygen may ...

Among patients with blood eosinophil counts greater than or equal to 150 cells/µL, the reduction in the annual rate of moderate to severe COPD exacerbations was found to be nominally significant. The ...

Key opinion leaders highlight the triple therapy approach from the most recent GOLD guidelines, including ICS, long-acting beta-agonist (LABA), and long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA). Jeffrey D.

David Mannino is co-founder and chief medical officer of the COPD Foundation. He's an internal medicine doctor with a specialty in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine at University of ...

COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, is a group of life-changing lung diseases that include emphysema and chronic bronchitis. 1 Those living with COPD can experience coughing, wheezing, ...

There are lots of treatment options for genetic COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), a type of COPD caused by a deficiency of alpha-1 antitrypsin (alpha-1), a protein that helps protect the ...

Effective treatment often requires you to take medications to better manage symptoms or stop taking medications if a doctor advises that you no longer need them. Finding the right dosages and ...

“Patients with pulmonary edema generally describe breathlessness. Sometimes they feel like they are suffocating or breathing ...

Pulmonary function tests are a group of noninvasive breathing tests that measure how much air your lungs can hold, how quickly you can move air in and out and how efficiently your lungs transfer ...

COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, is a group of life-changing lung diseases that include emphysema and chronic bronchitis. 1 Those living with COPD can experience coughing, wheezing, ...