Columnist Caroline Gainer weighs in on how changes with her doctors have affected her ability to coordinate care for her COPD ...

Some types of fatigue are more easily treated than others, such as muscle fatigue, which can be helped by stretching and rest. Another type of fatigue, which can also be considered physical, is caused ...

Digital inhalers that allow remote patient monitoring may predict impending exacerbations, or episodes when symptoms of COPD ...

Predicting COPD exacerbations In a pilot study, Drummond and his colleagues examined whether the ProAir Digihaler can help predict an impending COPD exacerbation. The researchers remotely enrolled 55 ...

The therapy has been approved in the U.S. and elsewhere as a treatment for other inflammatory diseases in which eosinophils can play a role, including some types of asthma and ANCA-associated ...

In my case, I had major depressive disorder, and I believe my smile and sunny personality hid my symptoms from my healthcare team. I discussed some issues with my family doctor, who was also my late ...

While the risk of COPD was highest among traditional cigarette smokers and dual users, e-cigarette users also had a significantly increased risk of COPD over people who’d never used e-cigarettes or ...

Making strides in my pneumonia recovery When I was sick with pneumonia last fall, I fought hard to be able to stay home instead of a hospital because I’m always so weak upon discharge. By the time I ...

In the late 1960s and early ’70s, nearly all of the steel mills in the upper Ohio Valley were fueled by metallurgical coal. That kind of coal is used to make coke, a pure form of carbon that fuels the ...

Abrysvo was already cleared in the U.S. for adults older than 60 and pregnant people at 32-36 weeks of gestation to protect infants from birth to age 6 months. With the new authorization, Abrysvo ...

Dupixent approval for COPD ‘represents new hope’ for patients Regeneron also is pleased by Dupixent’s approval for this new indication, according to George D. Yancopoulos, MD, PhD, board co-chair, ...