Explore strategies for controlling COPD and improving health, with a focus on management and lifestyle changes.

You must go to a doctor to know for sure whether you have COPD. That’s because there are things to consider for a diagnosis. Some people have asthma and COPD at the same time. If you have ...

Keep in regular contact with your doctor following a diagnosis of COPD. Reach out if you experience side effects of medications, worsening symptoms, or new symptoms. COPD is a serious and chronic ...

Key elements of the diagnosis guideline include the use of clinical prediction rules to establish pretest probability of deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism in a patient before further ...

If a threshold of 10% risk of COPD was used to make spirometry referrals, the addition of the polygenic risk score correctly ...

CT images of the lungs can aid in COPD diagnosis. The procedure typically requires two image acquisitions, one at full inhalation, called inspiratory, and one at normal exhalation, called expiratory.

Globally, COPD is also a leading cause of death. Data from the World Health Organization in 2021 ranked it as the fourth ...

Oxygen is essential to life. The respiratory system works tirelessly to provide fresh oxygen to the body and ensure that all ...

The growing prevalence of COPD among women can be attributed to a combination of biological, environmental, and societal ...

“Our study shows that COPD diagnosis and staging is feasible with a single CT acquisition and relevant clinical data,” said researcher Kyle Hasenstab, an assistant professor of statistics and ...