Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A cough score was used to determine severity and featured questions from three validated assessments. Poorer ...

A discrete choice experiment found that patients with moderate-to-severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) valued improvement in their daily symptoms more than improvement of exacerbations.

COPD emerged as an umbrella term for several respiratory diseases, including emphysema and chronic bronchitis, caused by lung damage. Because its effects are irreversible, early diagnosis and ...

Quit smoking and control your indoor air quality. Exposure to smoke, dust, fumes, vapors and chemicals can worsen your COPD.

Frequent productive cough was experienced by patients with asthma and/or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), with symptom prevalence increasing with higher disease severity, according to the ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - Dr. Bob Cassady from the South Bend Clinic joins us every week on 16 News Now at Noon to answer your medical questions. Question #1: “November is American Diabetes Month. Can ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Severe depression heightened a patient’s likelihood for cough, wheezing, exertional dyspnea, asthma and COPD. As ...

If you have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), you’re probably no stranger to flares. These are sudden attacks where breathing and coughing symptoms get worse and stay that way. You could ...

Medication treatment for COPD usually involves inhaled medications, such as beta agonists like albuterol or long-acting forms ...

The underdiagnosed and poor management of COPD exacerbations represents a missed opportunity to prevent patient deterioration through proactive treatment approaches. Chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Music to maximize the lungs. That’s the idea behind Harmonicas for Health. The nationwide program-- created by respiratory therapists with the COPD Foundation-- teaches patients ...