Examining a patient for common or complex pulmonary issues in a primary care setting takes time and expertise — physicians need to ask about symptoms and medical history and determine which tests to ...

The possibility of having a tool that facilitates population screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is getting closer. A multicenter study involving leading hospitals across Spain, ...

Risk assessment Risk factors include history of exposure to cigarette smoke or heating fuels; occupational exposure to toxins, dusts, or industrial chemicals; exposure to environmental pollution, such ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Risk for COPD, respiratory-related mortality and a respiratory exacerbation could be found via blood test. More ...

Measuring lung function earlier in life would help identify people at risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and allow for more timely interventions, according to a new study ...

Although the link between worse air quality days and negative impacts in COPD is well characterized, pollen count does not contribute to the air quality index, said Krishna Thavarajah, MD, a ...

Intellectual property arising from the collaboration related to the asthma and COPD testing platform will be owned by bioAffinity Technologies. Credit: Jo Panuwat D / Shutterstock.com. · Hospital ...