Temple Health leads research showing how women and non-smokers face rising risks, and how new treatments are changing the ...

What is the life expectancy for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Explore Diane Ladd’s death cause and her six-year journey with ...

Mount Sinai Medical Center announced today that it has achieved numerous national accolades for clinical excellence from ...

Quit smoking and control your indoor air quality. Exposure to smoke, dust, fumes, vapors and chemicals can worsen your COPD.

Pulmonary embolism (PE), a type of blood clot in the lungs, sends more than half a million people to U.S. hospitals each year—and kills about one in five high-risk patients, according to the American ...

Health data company Healthgrades recognized six WellSpan hospitals with 60 awards for outstanding performance in heart, lung, ...

On Oct. 20, Chicago Fire Department firefighters had the opportunity to get screened for COPD at Station 18, thanks to a ...

University of Texas at Dallas researchers have developed biosensor technology that, when combined with artificial ...

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or COPD, is a progressive lung condition that affects millions of people in the United States and around the world.

COPD emerged as an umbrella term for several respiratory diseases, including emphysema and chronic bronchitis, caused by lung damage. Because its effects are irreversible, early diagnosis and ...

November is Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month, and the American Lung Association, with support from Merck, is raising awareness about one form of the condition: pulmonary arterial hypertension ...