More than 11 million people in the United States are living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including more than 3 million people with emphysema, a type of COPD. This chronic lung ...

Dementia is a neurodegenerative disease that has several forms, symptoms, and causes. There’s no cure, but researchers are looking into effective treatments and ways to prevent it. It’s ...

Geoffrey Pointing says its hard to describe the distress of an asthma or COPD flare-up. "Honestly, when you're having a flare ...

This study tracks both the presence and impact of glyphosate's byproducts in the ... How Dementia Affects the Brain's Ability to Empathize Dec. 3, 2024 — Patients with frontotemporal dementia ...

Dementia can affect many brain functions, including memory and emotional expression. But these effects don’t change what people with dementia think about as much as you might expect. Dementia is ...

Losing your sense of smell is nothing to sneeze at — it could be an early sign of dementia. “Odor identification has been identified as a useful screening tool that predicts conversion from ...

Dementia includes conditions that cause memory loss, confusion, personality changes, and a decline in self-care abilities. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia, and there are also ...

The perspectives and priorities of people living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease should be integrated into the development process of new therapies for COPD, according to a new commentary.

Dementia is a devastating condition that impacts almost 10% of older adults in the U.S. With that, it’s understandable to want to do what you can to lower the risk of developing it in the future.

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