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 ...

It takes people with COPD longer to exhale all the air from their lungs, often because of narrowing and damage in the airways. COPD is an umbrella term that includes chronic obstr ...

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 ...

—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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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“When we blocked chitinase-like proteins in mice, we were able to reverse some of the damage,” said Dr. Tara Sutherland, lead ...