Air pollution is a well-known risk factor for respiratory diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...

Though smoking and increasing levels of pollution exposure are well recognised as causes of lung cancer the connection ...

We've all felt winded when taking the stairs or dealt with a cough from time to time. But if these issues linger, they could ...

Background: For several years, asthma and COPD have been regarded as distinct entities, with distinct clinical courses. However, despite distinctive physiologic features at the time of diagnosis ...

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

It can be difficult to tell asthma and COPD apart because both may include coughing, wheezing, and shortness of breath. Asthma is a risk factor for COPD and your chances of having both increase as ...

The American Cancer Society recently predicted there will be around 155,000 new cases of colorectal cancer and 52,900 deaths ...

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

The following is a summary of “Dose-response relationship between Life's Essential 8 score and COPD risk: the NHANES cohort ...

Elevated CAR has been associated with adverse outcomes in many conditions, including cancer, sepsis, COVID-19, and cardiovascular diseases. A higher C-reactive protein to albumin ratio (CAR) is ...

Air pollution is a well-known risk factor for respiratory diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Among patients with COPD who experienced an exacerbation, the risk for cardiovascular events was highest in the following 2 weeks and stayed elevated more than 1 year after, according to study results ...