Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can result from chronic bronchitis or emphysema. Some people may also have COPD and asthma, which can worsen both conditions. Chronic obstructive ...

The relationship between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and chronic bronchitis (CB) is important, significant and overlapping in nature. This review will analyze the relationship ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a condition that affects more than 14 million U.S. adults, is marked by damage ...

If you live with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ... The two main types of COPD are emphysema and bronchitis, affecting how you breathe. Emphysema: This condition destroys the walls between ...

chronic bronchitis, or emphysema. All these subgroup analyses showed that biomass smoke was a risk factor for developing COPD, except for the male sex subgroup, for which no statistical ...

Explore strategies for controlling COPD and improving health, with a focus on management and lifestyle changes.

Chronic lower respiratory diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), are the sixth leading cause of death in the United States, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...

COPD is an inflammatory lung disease, comprising several conditions, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema, and can be caused by genetics and irritants like smoke or pollution. The disease ...

COPD is an inflammatory lung disease, comprising several conditions, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema, and can be caused by genetics and irritants like smoke or pollution. The disease ...

Though smoking and increasing levels of pollution exposure are well recognised as causes of lung cancer the connection ...

“Emphysema makes it hard to breathe air out of your lungs as it affects the tiny air sacs at the end of the airways where oxygen is taken up into the bloodstream. The walls of these air sacs become ...

Childhood smoking before age 15 increases a person’s risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), ...