COPD

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who use inhaled corticosteroids have a decreased risk of dying from pneumonia, but face an increased risk of contracting the infection.

Researchers at ATS 2015 reported chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, but was not independently linked to risk of stroke or systemic embolism.

Boehringer Ingelheim announced Tuesday the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved once-daily Stiolto Respimat (tiotropium bromide and olodaterol) Inhalation Spray to treat airflow obstruction in patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including chronic bronchitis and/or emphysema.

Using an innovative technique, German researchers highlighted a new pathway they believe could provide updated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) treatments.

A report published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation claimed smoking causes the destruction of a key immune protein in the lungs, which the researchers believe is linked to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) development.

Research published in PLOS ONE demonstrated a substance found in garlic could fight lung disease infections in patients with cystic fibrosis.

Teen girls in rural areas more often have undiagnosed asthma than their male counterparts, and are at an additional higher risk for depression.

As early as age 20, individuals born prematurely may be living with lungs similar in function and capacity to the elderly, investigators from the University of Oregon reported.

Individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are more likely to experience sudden cardiac death, according to a team of Dutch researchers.

Fluticasone furoate/vilanterol (Breo Ellipta/GlaxoSmithKline and Theravance Inc) approved for the once-daily treatment of asthma in patients aged 18 years and older.

A novel target for asthma therapies has been identified by researchers from the Medical College of Wisconsin.

It may be possible to reverse asthma caused by maternal smoking in pregnancy, as it was recently done successfully in animal models.

TV Host Mehmet Oz, MD has survived professionally despite criticism of his promotion of questionable weight loss remedies. In the latest assault, 10 physicians publicized a letter they wrote the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons' dean, protesting Oz's faculty appointment in the department of surgery.

Researchers from the University of Colorado have identified a new potential target for the treatment of allergies and asthma.

Higher elevation levels could be the reason for lower lung cancer rates in the western United States, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine believe.