Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects 25 million people in the U.S. and is the fifth leading cause of death ...

COPD patients who receive intensive guidance from a hospital pharmacist during their stay use their inhalation medication ...

Among patients with COPD and type 2 inflammation, investigator-reported emphysema did not change benefits seen with dupilumab ...

Researchers discover an unusual accumulation of particles in people with the disease; the causes are still unclear.

COPD patients’ lung cells store triple the carbon of smokers’ cells—and swell up with inflammation-causing proteins. This suggests that carbon buildup, possibly from pollution, plays a ...

Long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT) is linked to reduced exacerbations and hospitalizations in COPD, ILD, and pulmonary hypertension.

Long-term health care utilization is greater among patients with COPD who have tested positive for COVID-19 and are unvaccinated.

Last fall, the hospital’s pharmacy team launched an effort aimed at cutting readmission rates for COPD, which are notoriously ...

Poor treatment of asthma and COPD puts a huge burden on the NHS. For example, £1 billion is spent on asthma treatment in the UK each year and represents 60,000 to 65,000 hospital admissions.

Patient education aims to enable patients to improve their own health by changing their health-related behaviours. Education can be therapeutic or used for disease prevention. Latest Research and ...

NL Health Services’ provincial Comprehensive Respiratory Care (CRC) team established a partnership with the health-care team ...

Computer-based patient education has many well-documented benefits. For example, computer-based learning interventions support 'just-in-time' learning when the patient is ready or has time to ...