There are several tests that doctors can use to diagnose and monitor COPD. Let's take a look at what abnormal values for ...

Japan: A recent study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology has highlighted the potential of the baseline ...

Posters presented at the CHEST 2024 annual meeting demonstrated air pollution's role in lung impairment and disease, ...

Background: There is controversy about whether therapy with inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) modifies the natural history of COPD, characterized by an accelerated decline in FEV 1. Methods ...

Combining Zephyr and Spiration valve therapy benefited patients with COPD and advanced pulmonary emphysema while imparting a ...

N-acetylcysteine (NAC) nebulizer therapy is effective and safe in the short-term (12 weeks) for reducing phlegm in COPD.

Trial data also showed improvements in quality of life and lung function, with numerically greater improvements in post-bronchodilator forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV 1) and a ...