How the weather can affect your health

Watch above: Dr. Samir Gupta explains how the weather can affect your health.  TORONTO – Most people associate climate change with rising temperatures and extreme weather. But climate change can also impact public health. “From a public health point of view, there are...

COPD overlooked in cardiovascular patients

By Laura Cowen, medwireNews Reporter More than a quarter of patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and a history of smoking also have air flow limitation compatible with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Japanese study data show. Strikingly, the vast...