Content by Health System. With Asthma Peak Week typically during the middle of September, now is a great time to learn the facts about asthma or COPD.

It takes people with COPD longer to exhale all the air from their lungs, often because of narrowing and damage in the airways. COPD is an umbrella term that includes chronic obstr ...

“Emphysema is usually a description of images — CT scan or X-ray — and is only one part of the disease of COPD,” says Uddalak Majumdar, MD, pulmonologist at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. COPD is ...

Chronic lower respiratory diseases, namely, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), are the fifth-leading cause of death in the United States. A contributing factor is diagnostic ...

Dr. Rojas-Quintero is researching how Metformin, a long-used diabetes drug, may be able to slow fibrosis in the lungs.

The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) on Monday, found that inhalers used by US patients with commercial insurance and the government-run programmes Medicaid ...

Medically reviewed by Sanja Jelic, MD With emphysema, you can have symptoms like shortness of breath, coughing, wheezing, and chest tightness. Your symptoms can worsen after exposure to lung irritants ...

In 2021, an estimated 14 million adults in the United States reported a diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), chronic bronchitis, or emphysema. If you’re not sure what the ...

A study found that inhaling marijuana every day is associated with a 44% increased chance of developing asthma. It also ...

Researchers found smoking marijuana was associated with significantly increased risk of asthma, including among people who ...