Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or COPD, is a serious condition that affects the lungs, making it hard to breathe. It develops slowly over time and is often caused by damage to the airways and ...

By Dr Shivraj A.L. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a lung condition that is progressive and debilitating in ...

COPD is caused primarily by long-term exposure to irritants that damage the lungs. Smoking remains the main cause, although non-smokers exposed to air pollution, or fuel fumes are also at risk.

Many people with COPD have both. Emphysema slowly destroys air sacs in your lungs, interfering with blood flow. Bronchitis causes inflammation and narrowing of the bronchial tubes, which allows ...

Delhi's air pollution has reached severe levels, raising health concerns for those with chronic respiratory diseases like COPD.

COPD causes the airways to become inflamed and narrowed, making breathing difficult as time passes in such patients, who gradually lose lung function. First off, once a patient is diagnosed with ...

According to experts, COPD is a leading cause of death worldwide, affecting millions of people. The World Health Organisation says currently COPD affects 63 million people across the world ...

Cardiovascular diseases, cancer, chronic respiratory conditions, and diabetes are the leading causes of death in Vietnam, ...

The symptoms of asthma and COPD can sometimes be hard to tell apart. Both conditions cause chronic inflammation of the airways and interfere with one’s ability to breathe. In asthma, your ...

Patients with COPD had slightly more major adverse cardiovascular events after initiating single-inhaler triple therapy vs a LABA-ICS inhaler.