—Is it asthma? Is it chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? In a genome-wide association study, researchers in the U.K. have determined signals that are associated with both diseases. Here are the ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. COPD exacerbations went down by 51% in patients with ...

A task that is easy and effortless to perform is often described as “as natural as breathing.” For the estimated half billion ...

A high-pitched whistling sound when you breathe is the first tip-off that air is fighting to make its way into or out of your lungs. That sound is aptly named wheezing, and it is something that people ...

Your breath could hold clues to your health, researchers say — and they have developed a "smart mask" to tap into them. Wei Gao, professor of medical engineering at the California Institute of ...

HONOLULU -- Pulmonologists couldn't agree whether it was time to drop asthma/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) overlap (ACO) as a distinct airway disease, allowing no end to this ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Air pollution and genetic susceptibility increased the risks for progression from asthma to COPD, according to a ...

Researchers report that as many as 70% of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma could be undiagnosed. They say that receiving a diagnosis and treatment can dramatically ...

A recent study published in Frontiers in Immunology discussed how injury and abnormal repair of the airway epithelium drive chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma. Study: Mechanisms ...

Current drug treatments have been incorporated into clinical practice guidelines, such as the NAEPP EPR-3 for asthma [101] and GOLD treatment guidelines for COPD, [102] both of which recognize the ...