Dr. Albert J. Polito from Mercy Medical Center joins Jenyne for a conversation about lung conditions such as COPD and asthma and how they present in female patients.

In sub-Saharan Africa, little is known about the damage to respiratory health caused by biomass smoke and tobacco smoke. We assessed the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and ...

A new study by the American Cancer Society uncovers how poverty influences death rates for the leading causes of mortality in the US, highlighting health disparities across counties.

Learn more about current thinking regarding COPD and find out how three different mechanisms of airflow obstruction play a role in COPD pathogenesis.

Pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease (PH-LHD) is the most common type of pulmonary hypertension, although an accurate prevalence is challenging. PH-LHD includes PH due to systolic or ...

Pulmonary hypertension is a rare, ostensibly incurable, and etiologically diverse disease with an unacceptably high 5-year mortality rate (≈50%), worse than many cancers. Irrespective of pathogenic ...

Patients with pulmonary hypertension associated with congenital heart disease make up an increasing proportion of the total pulmonary hypertension population who bring with them added complexity ...

A preliminary report says that Lori Paige's father, Andrew Wiley, died of natural causes resulting from a pulmonary embolism, per the Leon County Sheriff's Office.

In view of the persuasive evidence that oxidative stress is important in the pathophysiology of COPD, erdosteine appears to be a logical approach to therapy.