World COPD Day 2025 Generally it is believed that COPD is a smoker’s cough but a pulmonologist explains how it is more than ...

The lung tissue of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease contains triple the sootlike particle buildup found in similar tissue in smokers’ lungs, a recent analysis finds. The study found ...

Temple Health leads research showing how women and non-smokers face rising risks, and how new treatments are changing the future of care ...

Women in Delhi are increasingly vulnerable to COPD due to a double burden of outdoor pollution and indoor air contaminants ...

This chronic respiratory disease most commonly affects women aged 65 and older. But there are ways to manage the symptoms and slow down its progression. In the past, chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a group of diseases that affect the lungs. The disease makes it difficult to breath and progressively gets worse. About 15 million Americans have been ...

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Smoking is the leading cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but it's not the only cause. Nearly 1 in 3 people with this lung disease have never smoked. Some were exposed to pollution ...

If you’ve been diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, you probably have shortness of breath during physical exertion. Regular exercise may seem intimidating, but it’s actually ...

If you have chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), exercise helps your lungs get stronger and work better, according to the American Lung Association (ALA). But can it reverse the effects of ...

Many people with COPD can control their symptoms by using inhaled medicines each day. But inhaled medicines may not offer enough relief for people who also have high levels of a type of white blood ...