Meeting Coverage > CHEST Concept of 'Asthma-COPD Overlap' Still Alive Despite Detractors — Is it a moot point under the treatable traits paradigm? by Nicole Lou, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage ...

A diagnostic algorithm was evaluated for its ability to gauge the presence of asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), in a new analysis.

Finding and treating people with undiagnosed asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease improved their health and led to fewer appointments for respiratory symptoms in the year after ...

After adjusting for age, sex, smoking, IgE, and skin test reactivity, active asthma was significantly associated with subsequent development of CB, emphysema, and COPD.

Compared with healthy individuals, having undiagnosed COPD or asthma negatively impacted quality of life and led to higher health care usage, according to results published in American Journal of ...

SAN DIEGO -- Identifying symptomatic individuals in the community with undiagnosed asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and then linking them with specialty care reduced ...

Adults with undiagnosed asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exhibit severe cough, which is associated with poorer ...

Researchers assessed whether adults with early-stage asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease had better outcomes when receiving care from a pulmonologist vs a primary care provider.

Adults with asthma and/or COPD who received 23 text messages about preventer inhaler use over 26 weeks had improved inhaler adherence, according to a poster presented at the European Respiratory ...

Preterm birth was associated with higher risk of adult asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a study finds.