Injurious falls are common among people with COPD in the 2 years before death, with some medications tied to higher fall risk.

The problem with COPD is you have obstruction to air flow, so most patients have a chronic cough, have some shortness of breath, have some wheezing. And periodically they will have what we call an ...

During and after an exacerbation, mental recovery involves taking care of both your physical and mental health. Resting, ...

People with COPD often have trouble breathing, a persistent cough ... with subjective measures of symptom severity to determine a patient’s stage of COPD. Quitting smoking and avoiding ...

Early emphysema due to alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency (alpha 1-ATD) in a young patient with asthma is an ... but reversible airway obstruction and wheezing. The condition is easy to define ...