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

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

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 ...

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 ...

I may have transferred my love of research to one of my independent research students, who wrote a book about how she helped her son beat cancer — twice. She promotes herself as “the plant-based ...

Let’s not forget the big elephant in the season-change room: allergies. They can cause airway inflammation and worsen COPD symptoms. The best defense against allergens is to avoid them as much as ...

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 ...

That’s according to the results of a new study in which patients tested their urine daily at home for inflammatory biomarkers, with data sent to a mobile app. With these data, the researchers ...

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 ...