“When they go in and out, back and forth, the temperature shifts cause some problems as well, and then that adds to the ...

Advice comes as new survey reveals almost half of people with lung conditions in the north say air pollution is a respiratory ...

Medically reviewed by Sanja Jelic, MD Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are chronic respiratory (lung) diseases that cause breathing difficulty and coughing. Asthma affects about ...

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.

Shifting from a metered-dose inhaler to a dry-powder inhaler for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma in ...

Chronic lower respiratory diseases, namely, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), are the fifth-leading cause of death in the United States. A contributing factor is diagnostic ...

When inflammation is severe and causes difficult-to-control symptoms, it’s called Type 2 inflammation. Type 2 inflammation could be the underlying cause of your condition.

Risk Factors COPD is typically not suspected in young smokers aged less than 60 years, and asthma is often not recognized in older patients. Between 15 and 50% of smokers develop COPD, [26, 27 ...

Women with COPD, asthma, and OSA may go undiagnosed or without proper care because their symptomatology differs from the classic male presentation.

Mini pill linked to ‘elevated’ asthma attack risk among certain women The study’s findings highlight a potential risk factor for younger women with asthma considering their contraceptive options ...

Beloved singer Sinéad O’Connor died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma, worsened by a respiratory tract infection, sources revealed a year after her death. O’Connor ...

SAN ANTONIO — The lungs of patients with asthma who smoke begin to resemble those of patients with COPD, which may require changes in treatment, Brian Bizik, MS, PA-C, said at the 16th Annual ...