—Is it asthma? Is it chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? In a genome-wide association study, researchers in the U.K. have determined signals that are associated with both diseases. Here are the ...

Chronic lower respiratory diseases, namely, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), are the fifth-leading cause of death in the United States. A contributing factor is diagnostic ...

A diagnostic algorithm was evaluated for its ability to gauge the presence of asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), in a new analysis. An asthma/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...

Your breath could hold clues to your health, researchers say — and they have developed a "smart mask" to tap into them. Wei Gao, professor of medical engineering at the California Institute of ...

Communities impacted by increased wildfire activity and smoke can use a population health-based action plan to help alleviate health risks, particularly for those with chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

Finding and treating people with undiagnosed asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) improved their health and reduced their health care visits for respiratory symptoms in the year ...

A recent study published in Frontiers in Immunology discussed how injury and abnormal repair of the airway epithelium drive chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma. Study: Mechanisms ...

Researchers report that as many as 70% of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma could be undiagnosed. They say that receiving a diagnosis and treatment can dramatically ...

Surprisingly, bitter taste receptors are not only located in the mouth, but also elsewhere in the body, including the airways. Activating those receptors opens up lung passageways, so they're a ...

Pressurised metered dose inhalers (pMDIs) contain propellant gases with high global warming potential yet remain a cornerstone of management for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) ...

Interrupted time-series signals showed exacerbations increased before 2015 but dropped sharply after 2015 and continued ...