Winter pollution and cold air can sharply worsen COPD symptoms, especially in non-smokers exposed to biomass smoke. Experts ...

Chronic breathlessness not only affects patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) but also their caregivers, who are mostly women, according to a recent review. Investigators from ...

Even mild or occasional breathlessness can be an early sign of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, commonly known as COPD.

The arrival of cold weather can exacerbate the condition, causing difficulty in breathing due to airway irritation, pollution ...

The GOLD COPD Update 2026 provides updated guidance on case-finding, disease activity, exacerbation management.

Individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) experience improved breathing symptoms and dyspnea with use of automated oxygen administration. Automated oxygen administration (AOA) was ...

Figure 1. Hyperinflation of the lungs points to a pulmonary cause of dyspnea. There are guidelines for the management of each as a separate condition, but how do you evaluate and treat them when they ...

HealthDay News — Opioids can improve breathlessness, but not exercise capacity, in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, results of a review published in the Annals of the American ...

Among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and severe chronic breathlessness, short-term daily treatment with low doses of extended-release morphine did not significantly reduce ...

Inhaled vaporized cannabis does not appear to improve or worsen exercise performance and activity-related breathlessness in patients with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), ...

At first blush, it would seem almost obvious that individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) did not show improvement after inhaling vaporized cannabis. However, with real clinical ...

After 56 days of treatment, "worst breathlessness" over the past 24 hours -- the study's primary outcome -- was no different between patients allocated to receive a daily dose of mirtazapine or ...