http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. African-Americans are less likely than whites and women are more likely than men to have had a prior diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) regardless of their current disease severity, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-gender-diagnosis-copd.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 21 May 2013 15:17:30 EST news288368244 Depression is common in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and has been linked with disease severity and impaired quality of life. Now, for the first time, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have linked the systemic inflammation associated with COPD with depression in these patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-inflammation-depression-copd-patients.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 21 May 2013 11:39:07 EST news288355140 People who are consistently exposed to both wood smoke and tobacco smoke are at a greater risk for developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and for experiencing more frequent and severe symptoms of the disease, as well as more severe airflow obstruction, than those who are exposed to only one type of smoke, according to the results of a new population-based study conducted by researchers in Colombia. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-combined-wood-tobacco-exposure-symptoms.html Health Mon, 20 May 2013 14:00:10 EST news288274325 The chance of infection in some hospital wards varies dramatically according to whether the nurses leave the windows open. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-energy-efficiency-infection-hospital-wards.html Other Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:32:24 EST news285345137 Vienna, Austria: Identifying an individual's the smoking history could help doctors to predict survival time in people with COPD. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-history-survival-copd.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 04 Sep 2012 10:05:47 EST news265971917 (Medical Xpress)—People aged 85 years and over have a high burden of respiratory disease, according to new findings from Newcastle University. The research has shed light on the health problems likely to be encountered by the ageing population. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-high-respiratory-burden-ageing-population.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 04 Sep 2012 06:40:01 EST news265958460 According to a small clinical trial reported by investigators from Japan, acupuncture appears to be associated with improvement of dyspnea (labored breathing) on exertion, in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a study published Online First by Archives of Internal Medicine, a JAMA Network publication. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-acupuncture-linked-patients-chronic-obstructive.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 14 May 2012 11:00:04 EST news256209098 The addition of changes in inflammatory biomarkers to established clinical variables improves the prediction of mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-inflammatory-biomarkers-clinical-mortality-copd.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 16 Mar 2012 05:20:01 EST news251092956 Hypoglossal nerve stimulation (HGNS) produced marked dose-related increases in airflow in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients without arousing them from sleep, according to a new study from the Johns Hopkins Sleep Disorders Center. The study suggests the potential therapeutic efficacy of HGNS across a broad range of sleep apnea severity and offers an alternative to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), the current mainstay of treatment for moderate to severe OSA. The effectiveness of CPAP is often limited by poor patient adherence. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-hypoglossal-nerve-airflow-obstructive-apnea.html Sleep apnea Fri, 25 Nov 2011 04:48:33 EST news241418889 A simple device that filters out airborne asthma triggers during sleep can ease persistent symptoms of the condition during the day and improve quality of life, suggests research published online in Thorax. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-simple-night-airflow-device-eases.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 24 Nov 2011 04:10:44 EST news241330170