Laughter therapy eases breathlessness in people with COPD
A clinical trial for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) shows that laughter therapy can reduce breathing…
Cigarette smoke extract primes airway cells for greater nanoplastic damage
A laboratory model reveals how smoke-damaged epithelial barriers may leave airway cells more vulnerable to a second environmental…
Ted Koppel’s Wife, Grace Anne, Talks About Life With COPD
Grace Anne Dorney Koppel, seen here with her husband, Ted, the longtime anchor of ABC News show Nightline,…
Phone-based education significantly improves inhaler technique for COPD patients
Guiding people on how to correctly use inhaled medications via a phone-based program can help improve technique, according…
UCLA Health finds eco-friendly inhalers improve COPD outcomes
New research from UCLA Health suggests that certain inhalers used to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are…
Why you shouldn’t skip your medication over the holidays
Many people are officially out of office, and while December is filled with lots of festivities and travelling,…
Inhaling marijuana associated with increased odds of developing asthma
If you’re looking to reduce your chances of developing lung disease, say experts at UC San Francisco, then…
Emphysema detected on CT predicts mortality from all causes
Emphysema detected on baseline low-dose chest CT (LDCT) in the lung cancer screening cohort of more than 9,000…