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 ...

Researchers recently studied the adverse outcomes of symptomatic and asymptomatic nonobstructed individuals and those with mild chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) longitudinally, and found ...

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) has a high mortality rate if untreated. Unfortunately, the disease is not consistently diagnosed or treated across the United States. To improve the diagnosis and care of ...

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Stiolto Respimat (tiotropium bromide and olodaterol) is a prescription drug used to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Stiolto Respimat can cause side effects that range from mild to ...

—A population-based, prospective study in Swedish men suggested that fruit and vegetable intake lowered COPD risk, but the effect varied by smoking status. Reviewed by Ware Kuschner, MD, Professor of ...

May 3, 2012 — Cardiovascular (CV) risk in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may be useful in stratifying patients with COPD for mortality risk, new research suggests. Hwa Mu ...