Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease develops over decades – and we are missing the window to prevent it

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is one of the world’s leading causes of death, responsible for 3.5 million ...
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FDA Revises Draft Guidance on COPD Drug Development

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday released a revised version of its draft guidance intended to help pharmaceutical companies develop products to treat the lung disease known as ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

How Household Biomass Smoke–Associated COPD Differs From Cigarette Smoke–Induced COPD

Multiple studies suggest that the mechanisms of lung damage and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) due to biomass smoke differ from COPD caused by smoking cigarettes. A review examined the ...
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COPD: What it is and how to manage it

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a group of diseases that affect the lungs. The disease makes it difficult to breath and progressively gets worse. About 15 million Americans have been ...
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bioAffinity Technologies Launches New Study To Expand Use of CyPath® Lung Technology for Asthma and COPD Diagnosis and Treatment

Affinity Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIAF; BIAFW), a biotechnology company advancing noninvasive diagnostics for lung cancer and other lung diseases, today announced a pilot study with Brooke Army ...