The digital Healthy at Home intervention appeared to improve quality of life for patients and decreased COPD-related distress ...

I remember how hard it was to keep cars, or any other outdoor metal object, clean and looking good when I lived in the steel town of Weirton, West Virginia. That ongoing struggle reminds me of my ...

There is no need to do any special preparation for this test. However, if you are on oxygen therapy, oxygen values must be constant for 20 minutes before the test. If you are taking medication to make ...

COPD is among the leading causes of death in industrialized countries, and new pharmacological treatments are being developed to help patients with this disease. But a spectrum of non-pharmacological ...

Many of us with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) experience chronic fatigue, but I still wondered why I’d been sleeping more than usual lately. As usual, I did some research and am letting ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) makes it hard to breathe, and many of us with the disease know that breathing exercises can help. Still, a study published in October in Chronic ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an inflammatory disorder that causes several symptoms which make breathing difficult. These include persistent cough with mucus, wheezing, and shortness ...

Prednisolone is a prescription medicine, a steroid, used to treat various conditions including breathing disorders. Steroids are a group of hormones with similar chemical structures that help to ...

Arformoterol (brand name, Brovana) is a bronchodilator in the long-acting beta agonists (LABAs) class. It is used to control wheezing, shortness of breath, coughing, and chest tightness in people with ...