Early exposure to pollution, smoke and infections can put young children at risk of developing COPD. Know expert-recommended ...

Dr. Luken Imel sheds light on COPD, a lung condition often rooted in smoking and years of inflammation, stressing early ...

Few situations are more unsettling than not being able to breathe. Whether from a momentary injury that knocks the wind out of you, swimming underwater for too long or recovering after sprinting at ...

With air pollution surging to dangerous levels in the national capital, doctors are raising red flags about its serious ...

“Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, also known as COPD, is a group of diseases that block airflow into the lungs making it difficult for a person to breathe. Emphysema and Chronic Bronchitis are ...

While COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) symptoms may start out as mild to moderate — with episodes of difficulty breathing that come and go — over time, COPD tends to get worse, and many ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Blacks with a history of the chronic breathing disorder COPD have a far greater risk of developing lung cancer than whites who have the lung disease, U.S. researchers said on ...

Leading Indian lung specialists are sounding an alarm about Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. COPD is now affecting ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is a group of lung diseases. The most common forms of COPD are emphysema and ...

These CT scans of airways (red) and lungs (black) show the spectrum of dysanapsis, with smaller airways in proportion to lung size (left) compared with normal size airways (middle), and larger than ...

As part of a comprehensive lung exam, a doctor may try to listen for various sounds by tapping your back and chest with their hand, which is a test called percussion. If the percussion produces a drum ...