While asthma and COPD are distinct diseases ... symptoms and clinical features of both conditions, there is no exact definition. A 2024 research review analyzing data from the National Health ...

“Patients with mild-to-moderate COPD who have low exercise tolerance are likely to experience poor respiratory health outcomes,” the investigators concluded. “Exercise tolerance may be considered one ...

A new and interesting finding was that having a history of GERD or heartburn seems to correlate with the development of COPD exacerbations. The GOLD staging is a new initiative to define COPD ...