As evidenced by a debate at the CHEST Annual Meeting 2023, the pulmonology community disagrees on whether the overlap of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a distinct entity ...

—According to findings of a large study of patient care in England and Wales, hospitalized patients with heart failure and concomitant chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma have different ...

An injection given during some asthma and COPD attacks is more effective than the current treatment of steroid tablets, reducing the need for further treatment by 30%. The findings, published today in ...

Findings could redefine the treatment for millions of children worldwide with asthma, after this comparison of two types of asthma inhalers.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Remodeling may include more smooth muscle mass and epithelial cell shedding. Macrolides, vaccination and ...

Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are chronic respiratory (lung) diseases that cause breathing difficulty and coughing. Asthma affects about 28 million people in the United ...

Two posters presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting 2023 showed how real-world exacerbation rates in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) dropped after patients started using a single ...

Current drug treatments have been incorporated into clinical practice guidelines, such as the NAEPP EPR-3 for asthma [101] and GOLD treatment guidelines for COPD, [102] both of which recognize the ...

The likelihood for mortality during hospitalization was increased among those with COPD or asthma vs. asthma-COPD overlap syndrome, according to results published in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary ...

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NEW YORK, May 19 (UPI) --Finding and treating people with undiagnosed asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease improved their health and led to fewer appointments for respiratory symptoms in ...

Dr. Rojas-Quintero is researching how Metformin, a long-used diabetes drug, may be able to slow fibrosis in the lungs.