Tag: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Cigarette smoking is widespread and deadly, yet our understanding of how cigarette smoke actually causes serious respiratory illnesses is incomplete, ...

A recent study using national data highlights the strong association between smoking in childhood and increased COPD prevalence in adulthood, ...

A new method of scanning lungs is able to show the effects of treatment on lung function in real time ...

New research underscores how air pollution and temperature extremes amplify risks for bronchiectasis patients, pointing to critical measures for safeguarding ...

Background and aims Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) is a genetic disorder characterized by the misfolding and accumulation of the mutant ...

A multidisciplinary team of UC Davis Health experts are calling on health systems to create wildfire preparedness action plans to ...

What are the public health impacts of air pollution? Exposure to high levels of air pollution can cause various health ...

Pulmonary rehabilitation, an essential component of care for patients with chronic respiratory conditions, is difficult for millions of Americans to ...

In a recent study published in BMC Public Health, a group of researchers estimated the global and regional prevalence of ...

In a recent study published in BMC Public Health, researchers investigated the exposure to fine particulate matter (PM) in reinforced ...