In Tarrant County, patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD, now have access to a procedure that can lessen airflow blockage and improve their quality of life. KERA’s Sam Baker ...

Hyperinflation refers to the lung’s increase in size due to the trapped air that has caused them to expand. The BREATHE-3 trial uses self-expanding nitinol airway scaffolds that are placed ...

New FDA-approved medical treatments can be transformative for patients and families, often providing them with more years to live and an enhanced quality of life. 1 Delivering timely, high-quality ...

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and/or preserved ratio impaired spirometry (PRISm) have an increased risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality, highlighting the need ...

Surgically removing part of the lungs improves the day-to-day functioning and quality of life of some people suffering from the lung disease emphysema and may even prolong their lives, according to ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A new FDA-approved procedure performed at Prisma Health is helping certain patients diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) and emphysema to breathe better.

Your patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may need help not just coping with their condition but also managing it in their workplace. The symptoms of COPD, a lung and airway ...

Researchers explained that educational level, duration of disease, and inhaler type may affect adherence in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Most patients with chronic ...

Among adults with COPD, those with vs. without cost-related nonadherence had worse symptom burden, health status and lung ...