Your COPD care team includes providers who prescribe medicine, guide therapy to help you breathe easier, and give you tips on diet, exercise, and stress relief to improve your quality of life.

A recent national study revealed ongoing symptom burden and communication gaps in COPD care, and provided physicians with ...

Verona Pharma's flagship drug last year became the first new maintenance treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...

Primary care physicians manage the majority of individuals in the United States with COPD. [10] In many areas of the country where COPD mortality is high such as Nevada and the Appalachian ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is a complex and progressive disease, and many patients continue to experience exacerbations, also known as flare-ups. For the past few decades, the ...

Learn about advanced COPD stages, symptoms, and treatments, plus pulmonary rehab, palliative care, and hospice planning. Managing Advanced COPD: Expectations, Treatments, and End-of-Life Care ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects 25 million people in the U.S. and is the fifth leading cause of death from disease – on track to be the third by 2035 if nothing changes.

Research shows that digital inhalers equipped with remote monitoring capabilities may aid in predicting and identifying ...

Quart: More than 1 million asthma patients and 1.3 million COPD patients visit an emergency department (ED) annually for exacerbations, which are called episodes or attacks, associated with an ...

Under the Affordable Care Act, private insurers cannot limit coverage of your COPD by calling it a preexisting condition. Insurance companies, Medicare , and Medicaid combine to pick up more than ...