Dr. Albert J. Polito from Mercy Medical Center joins Jenyne for a conversation about lung conditions such as COPD and asthma and how they present in female patients.

A recent national study revealed ongoing symptom burden and communication gaps in COPD care, and provided physicians with actionable improvement strategies.

The American Lung Association is launching a new campaign to support and empower individuals living with chronic obstructive ...

Shifting from a metered-dose inhaler to a dry-powder inhaler for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma in ...

The main pharmacological interventions for palliation of breathlessness would be opioids, ie, oromorph and benzodiazepines ...

Delayed diagnosis is a serious issue in modern medicine. Explore conditions that are frequently diagnosed too late or misdiagnosed.

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) represents a complex disease with multifaceted pathophysiology involving over 20 identified genetic mutations that can contribute to disease development.

Find out how treatments like medicine, oxygen therapy, and pulmonary therapy can help you feel better and breathe easier if you have moderate-to-severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

For nearly 16 million Americans, living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a difficult reality. The progressive disease limits air flow to the lungs and causes breathing problems.

When spirometry is unavailable, physicians can use the St. George’s Respiratory Questionnaire score plus peak expiratory flow to screen for COPD, according to data published in American Journal ...

A subsegmental pulmonary embolism is a blood clot located on a distal, or distant and less central, branch of the pulmonary arteries. Treatment can depend on symptoms and risk factors.

Medically reviewed by Sanja Jelic, MD Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are chronic respiratory (lung) diseases that cause breathing difficulty and coughing. Asthma affects about ...