Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a group of diseases that affect the lungs. The disease makes it difficult to breath and progressively gets worse. About 15 million Americans have been ...

COPD stands for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The condition causes lung inflammation that leads to airflow blockage and breathing problems. [1] “COPD encompasses both emphysema and chronic ...

COPD is a disease that damages your lungs over time. It may start with mild symptoms and then get worse. Treatment can help symptoms and slow disease progression. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...

“Patients with pulmonary edema generally describe breathlessness. Sometimes they feel like they are suffocating or breathing ...

The natriuretic peptides, specifically brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), are the most specific and applicable laboratory tests available to establish fluid overload associated with HF. 9 BNP is ...

Among patients who have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the pathophysiology for disturbed sleep consists of physiological changes, ventilatory disturbances, and inflammation. For ...

The reason some people who have never smoked a cigarette develop a smoking-related illness may be due to the size of their respiratory system. People who have small airways relative to their lung size ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is among the most common lung diseases in the world. COPD is a blanket term for several progressive lung diseases such as emphysema, chronic bronchitis, ...

Your lungs are vital for providing your body with fresh oxygen while ridding it of carbon dioxide. This process is called gas exchange. In some individuals, such as those with chronic obstructive ...

Charles Burger, MD: Pulmonary hypertension really refers to a state where the right heart is generating high pressures to circulate the blood through the lung. Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new research study on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is now available in Mooresville, N.C., for a potential treatment for reducing COPD exacerbations. The ...