An injection given during some asthma and COPD attacks is more effective than the current treatment of steroid tablets, reducing the need for further treatment by 30%. The findings, published today in ...

Respiratory diseases such as Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) are on the rise partly because of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Remodeling may include more smooth muscle mass and epithelial cell shedding. Macrolides, vaccination and ...

Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are chronic respiratory (lung) diseases that cause breathing difficulty and coughing. Asthma affects about 28 million people in the United ...

New findings from the ERS Global Congress on Lung Diseases present a paradigm shift in COPD treatment: Early identification of type 2 inflammation and personalized biologic therapy.

Current drug treatments have been incorporated into clinical practice guidelines, such as the NAEPP EPR-3 for asthma [101] and GOLD treatment guidelines for COPD, [102] both of which recognize the ...

SAN DIEGO -- Identifying symptomatic individuals in the community with undiagnosed asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and then linking them with specialty care reduced healthcare ...

There are different kinds of asthma, like nocturnal asthma, allergic asthma, and occupational asthma. Here's what causes and ...

The FDA accepted a new drug application for a single inhaler that contains beclomethasone dipropionate, formoterol fumarate ...

NEW YORK, May 19 (UPI) --Finding and treating people with undiagnosed asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease improved their health and led to fewer appointments for respiratory symptoms in ...

David Mannino is co-founder and chief medical officer of the COPD Foundation. He's an internal medicine doctor with a specialty in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine at University of ...