Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is the fourth leading cause of death, causing 3.5 million deaths globally in the year 2021. COPD is a common lung disease that restricts airflow and causes ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a lung condition that often hides in plain sight. You may think you're dealing with a common cold, when in reality, your lungs are swollen, irritated ...

Among patients with COPD, at least 50% reported that the disease impacts their daily life and emotional health, according to ...

November is National Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness Month. It’s time to raise awareness about lung disease within our communities. By understanding the causes, reducing our risk ...

LUNG CONDITIONS LIKE ASTHMA AND COPD ARE MORE COMMON IN WOMEN THAN MEN. BUT WHY? WELL, DOCTOR ALBERT POLITO FROM MERCY MEDICAL CENTER JOINS US WITH MORE INFORMATION. GOOD MORNING. IT SEEMS LIKE WE ...

Content by Health System. With Asthma Peak Week typically during the middle of September, now is a great time to learn the ...

Dr. Neil Ettinger is a pulmonologist at St. Luke's Hospital. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is one of the most common lung diseases and is the third leading cause of death in the United States.

Individuals younger than 50 years with COPD faced an elevated risk for premature death and incident hospitalization/death due ...

Almost 16 million adults have COPD in the United States and about 3 in 4 people with this condition have at least one flare (exacerbation) a year, cites a review. But you don’t have to sit and wait ...

MERCY MEDICAL CENTER. 57 YEAR OLD STEPHANIE HARRIS HAS BOTH ASTHMA AND CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE, OR COPD. I STARTED SMOKING AROUND THE AGE OF 14 OR. 15. AND I COMPLETELY STOPPED MAYBE ...

Objective: Prognostic studies of mortality in patients with COPD have mostly focused on physiologic variables, with little attention to depressive symptoms. This stands in sharp contrast to the ...