(BPT) – Twenty-two million Americans, many of whom are children, suffer from the frightening acute attacks and long-term disabilities of chronic asthma. Millions more adults face the increasing burdens and life-altering effects of chronic obstructive pulmonary...
(BPT) – Of the top five causes of death in the U.S., only one is increasing: COPD, also known as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. COPD is a progressive lung disease that makes it harder to breathe over time and can cause chronic coughing, wheezing or a...
(BPT) – Actress Rose McGowan, best known for her leading role in the TV series, Charmed, is sharing her story in a new leading role: raising awareness for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, or IPF. After her father was diagnosed with IPF, she became determined to...
By Marketwired . Article Rating: October 27, 2013 04:44 PM EDT Reads: 262 CHICAGO, IL–(Marketwired – October 27, 2013) – Patients with COPD who practice yoga can improve their lung function, according to a study by researchers at the All India...
Scientists have developed a new drug (RPL554) that could treat obstructive airway diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in two ways at once, according to new research published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. RPL554 has the...
By Kirsty Oswald, medwireNews Reporter Results of a UK-based study indicate that telemonitoring adds little benefit to the self-management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Hilary Pinnock (University of Edinburgh, UK) and colleagues randomly assigned...
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