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

Temple Health leads research showing how women and non-smokers face rising risks, and how new treatments are changing the ...

Penumbra reported positive data for a trial of its treatment for pulmonary embolism. The use of computer-assisted vacuum thrombectomy resulted in improvements in thrombus burden reduction, heart rate, ...

After over 50 years of smoking, my wife has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and bad scarring of her lungs, but fortunately she doesn’t have cancer. She had respiratory syncytial virus ...

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or COPD, is a progressive lung condition that affects millions of people in the United States and around the world.

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.

taladegib (ENV-101), for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). IPF is a life-threatening lung disease characterized by progressive fibrosis of lung tissue leading to deterioration in ...

After over 50 years of smoking, my wife has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bad scarring of her lungs, but ...

Providence Holy Cross Medical Center is the first Providence hospital in the San Fernando Valley to offer a minimally ...

November is Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month, and the American Lung Association, with support from Merck, is raising awareness about one form of the condition: pulmonary arterial hypertension ...

Pulmonary embolism (PE), a type of blood clot in the lungs, sends more than half a million people to U.S. hospitals each year—and kills about one in five high-risk patients, according to the American ...