Cells taken from the lungs of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have a larger accumulation of soot-like carbon deposits compared to cells taken from people who smoke but do not have COPD, according ...
Jun 10, 2025
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Summer hasn't officially started, but already smoke from wildfires across the Prairie provinces has descended on us, sparking states of emergency and evoking memories of the 2023 wildfire season—the smokiest on record in ...
Jun 9, 2025
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Walking is a fundamental activity for maintaining health. While numerous studies have assessed how much people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) walk, few have explored how they walk, especially in unsupervised, ...
Jun 5, 2025
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His gaze softens as he draws closer to you. With one hand around your waist and the other cradling your jaw, he pulls you in. You look into his eyes, and notice his pupils have grown large and hungry.
Jun 3, 2025
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Being exposed to lingering fine particulate matter (PM2.5) from wildfire smoke can have health effects for up to three months afterwards, well beyond the couple of days that previous studies have identified, and the exposure ...
May 28, 2025
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved GSK's Nucala (mepolizumab) as an add-on maintenance treatment for adult patients with inadequately controlled chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
May 26, 2025
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University of Alabama at Birmingham-led researchers have refined and validated a new framework for diagnosing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), identifying individuals at risk for severe respiratory outcomes who ...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States, most often caused by cigarette smoking or long-term exposure to air pollutants. While there is no cure, progression can ...
May 14, 2025
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Inhalers have been key to asthma management since the 1950s. The most common, salbutamol, comes in a familiar blue-colored inhaler (or "puffer").
May 14, 2025
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People with multiple long-term physical health conditions are at a significantly greater risk of developing depression, a study shows.
May 13, 2025
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