BEIRUT: Hundreds of thousands of Lebanese adults suffering from a smoking-related lung disease known as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) are being wrongly treated with asthma medications, a leading respiratory specialist warned on Thursday. COPD, which causes wheezing, on-going cough and shortness of breath, is normally […]
The most important thing anyone with COPD who smokes can do is quit smoking. The second most important thing is to be in a smoke-free environment. Whether you have COPD or are caring for someone with COPD, find out what the experts say about how to quit smoking and make it last. […]
Anxiety and panic are normal reactions to feeling you cant get your breath. Its also hard to watch someone you care for struggle to breathe. WebMD offers tips that COPD patients and caregivers can use during episodes of breathlessness. […]
Send us your photos, video or a quick note about something you've seen on the streets of Toronto. Is it Asthma or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)? […]
Exacerbations are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), leading to dramatic reductions in quality of life and expensive emergency room visits and hospitalizations. To date, there has been no standard, validated method for defining or evaluating these events in clinical trials, limiting scientific understand […]
ProtAffin AG, a biotechnology company developing a novel class of biopharmaceutical products that act by targeting cell-surface glycan structures, today announced it has signed a manufacturing contract with CMC Biologics' Danish operations, located in Copenhagen, Denmark for manufacture of its lead product PA401 for the treatment of chronic obstructive […]
Should I exercise with COPD? And what type of exercise is good for me? Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) occurs in about 10 to 15 percent of the adult population. […]
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