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Study focuses on COPD progression in younger populations
Researchers are exploring how small airway abnormalities in younger smokers could help identify who is at risk of developing ...
Too Old to Operate6d
The Importance of Screening for Loneliness in COPD & Asthma
Loneliness is a key risk factor for symptom exacerbations and hospitalizations in people with COPD, highlighting the need for ...
Medscape7d
Pulmonary Rehabilitation* Joint ACCP/AACVPR Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines
This document provides a systematic, evidence-based review of the pulmonary rehabilitation literature that updates the 1997 guidelines published by the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP ...
Daily1d
Submit active controlled CT design for moderate to very severe COPD patients: CDSCO Panel tells Zydus Healthcare on Revefenacin inhalation
This came after Zydus Healthcare presented the proposal for grant of permission for manufacturing and marketing of the drug ...
pulmonologyadvisor2d
COPD and Peak Inspiratory Flow: Suboptimal Levels Prevalent Among Outpatients
Many outpatients with moderate to severe COPD had suboptimal peak inspiratory flow and had inappropriate devices for measured PIF.
Muskogee Phoenix1d
5 THINGS: FAQs about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
November is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Awareness Month. Temple University Health System answers five frequently asked questions about the disease. 1 What is chronic obstructive ...
Gloucester Daily Times3d
SENIOR LOOKOUT: What you should know about COPD
November is COPD Awareness Month. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a leading cause of death in the U.S. behind ...
Medscape9d
The Asthma–Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Overlap Syndrome
The Spanish COPD guidelines recommend treatment of the mixed COPD–asthma phenotype with ICS and a long-acting bronchodilator (LABD) as a first option to improve lung function, respiratory ...
The Texas Tribune10d
Understanding and Tackling COPD in Texas: A Call to Action
An estimated 30 million Americans are affected by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but surprisingly, only 17 million have received a diagnosis. Texas alone accounts for 1.2 million of ...
McKnight's Long-Term Care News3d
COPD patients who are socially isolated face higher risk of death, data shows
The risk for all-cause death was higher in older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who experienced social isolation compared to those who were more socially connected to others, ...