From breathless to breathing freely. NASA engineer and mother Jodi Graf is grateful to celebrate another Mother’s Day after ...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is one of the world’s leading causes of death, responsible for 3.5 million ...
Scientists have discovered that people with COPD have lung cells that contain over three times as much soot-like carbon as those of smokers without the disease. These overloaded cells are larger and ...
The American Lung Association today announced the launch of the COPD-OMA trial, a national clinical research effort conducted through its Airways Clinical Research Centers (ACRC). The study will ...
What are pulmonary function tests? Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) are tests of lung function. They are intended to evaluate and monitor chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD is ...
Individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are already compromised, so the prospect of removing all or part of a lung is especially daunting for these patients if they are also ...
New drugs have made America’s deadliest cancer more treatable than ever. So why aren’t they reaching patients?
At UCHealth Parkview Medical Center in Pueblo, pulmonologist Dr. Josiah Gordon is using the Ion robotic bronchoscopy system, ...