Yoga may help chronic pulmonary obstructive disease

Chronic pulmonary obstructive disease is a very distressing condition. The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute writes that COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, is a progressive disease which makes it difficult to breathe. The leading cause of COPD is...

COPD-asthma overlap heightens exacerbation risk

By Kirsty Oswald, medwireNews Reporter Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and concomitant asthma have significantly more exacerbations and hospitalizations than patients with COPD alone, research shows. Ana Maria Menezes (Federal University of...